{"id":153075,"date":"2023-07-28T12:49:40","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T07:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=153075"},"modified":"2023-07-28T12:49:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T07:19:41","slug":"three-pipes-a-b-and-c-can-fill-a-cistern-in-8-minutes12-minutes-and-16-minutes-respectively-what-is-the-time-taken-by-three-pipes-to-fill-the-cistern-when-they-are-opened-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/three-pipes-a-b-and-c-can-fill-a-cistern-in-8-minutes12-minutes-and-16-minutes-respectively-what-is-the-time-taken-by-three-pipes-to-fill-the-cistern-when-they-are-opened-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 8 minutes,12 minutes and 16 minutes respectively. What is the time taken by three pipes to fill the cistern when they are opened together?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Question<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 8 minutes,12 minutes and 16 minutes respectively. What is the time taken by three pipes to fill the cistern when they are opened together?<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Type<\/td><td colspan=\"2\">multiple_choice<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Option<\/td><td>3.7 minutes<\/td><td>correct<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Option<\/td><td>4 minutes<\/td><td>incorrect<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Option<\/td><td>4.5 minutes<\/td><td>incorrect<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Option<\/td><td>5 minutes<\/td><td>incorrect<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Solution :<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the tank filled by A in one minute =\u00a01\/8<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the tank filled by B in one minute =\u00a0 1\/12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Part of the tank filled by C in one minute =\u00a01\/16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Net part of the tank filled by A+B+C in one minute;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>= 1\/8 + 1\/12 + 1\/16<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-129.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153081\" width=\"97\" height=\"39\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>13\/48 Part of the cistern is filled in one minute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2234 The whole tank will be filled in\u00a0 48\/13 3.7 minutes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question Three pipes A, B and C can fill a cistern in 8 minutes,12 minutes and 16 minutes respectively. What is the time taken by three pipes to fill the cistern when they are opened together? 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