Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Diameter of a square

In what time would a cistern be filled by three pipes whose diameters are 1cm, 11/3 cm, 2cm, running together, when the largest alone will fill it in 61 minutes, the amount of water flowing in by each pipe being proportional to the square of its diameter?

(a) 36 minutes         (b) 37 minutes
(c) 38 minutes         (d) 35 minutes



Watch this space for answer in a week.

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