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Two inlet pipes A and B can fill a tank in 18 hours and 24 hours, respectively, while an outlet pipe C can empty the full tank in X hours. Initially, all three pipes are opened together. After 8 hours, pipe B is closed, and another 6 hours later, pipe C is also closed. The remaining portion of the tank is then filled by pipe A alone. If the tank gets completely filled in a total of 16 hours, find the value of X.

Solution

✅ Correct Option: 3

Pipe A works for all 16 hours, pipe B for the first 8 hours, and outlet C for the first 14 hours.

Without pipe C, the amount filled is 1618+824=89+13=119\dfrac{16}{18}+\dfrac{8}{24}=\dfrac{8}{9}+\dfrac{1}{3}=\dfrac{11}{9} of the tank.

Since the tank is exactly full, pipe C must remove 119−1=29\dfrac{11}{9}-1=\dfrac{2}{9} of the tank in 14 hours.

14X=29\dfrac{14}{X}=\dfrac{2}{9}

X=63X=63 hours.

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