Question

A swimming pool holds liters of water. The pool has two drainage pipes. When the pool is completely full, the first pipe alone can empty it in minutes, and the second pipe alone can empty it in minutes. When both pipes are draining together, how long does it take them to empty the pool

Answer 1

Answer:Pipe 1 is emptying the pool at 600,000/200 = 3000 liters per minute.

The second pipe empties the pool at 600,000/120 =5000 litres per minute. With both pipes the pool will be emptied at 8000 litres per minute. It will therefore take 600,000/8000 = 75 minutes to empty the pool of water when both pipes are draining together.

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