Time Taken by Pipe R Alone

CMAT 2023 · Quantitative Techniques & Data Interpretation · Easy · Pipes and Cisterns

Three pipes P, Q and R can fill a tank in 6 hours. After working at it together for 2 hours, R is closed and both P and Q can fill the remaining part in 7 hours. The number of hours that will be taken by R alone to fill the tank is

  1. A.

    10

  2. B.

    12

  3. C.

    14

  4. D.

    16

Answer

C

Explanation

In 2 hours, P, Q, R fill 26=13\frac{2}{6} = \frac{1}{3} of the tank. Remaining work = 23\frac{2}{3} filled by P and Q in 7 hours. So P and Q can fill full tank in 7×32=2127 \times \frac{3}{2} = \frac{21}{2} hours. Rate of R = 16−221=7−442=342=114\frac{1}{6} - \frac{2}{21} = \frac{7 - 4}{42} = \frac{3}{42} = \frac{1}{14}. So R alone takes 14 hours.

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