Total work $= 50 imes 15 imes 4 = 3000$ man-hours $40 imes 5 imes x = 3000$ $200x = 3000$ $x = 15$ Hence, required time is 15 days.
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Anish and Bala can do a work in 8 days, Bala and Cynthia can do the same work in 12 days. Anish, Bala and Cynthia finish it together in 6 days. How many days A and C will together do it?
$A+B=frac{1}{8}$, $B+C=frac{1}{12}$, $A+B+C=frac{1}{6}$ $B=frac{1}{8}+frac{1}{12}-frac{1}{6}=frac{1}{24}$ $A+C=frac{1}{6}-frac{1}{24}=frac{1}{8}$ Hence, required time is 8 days.
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Two pipes can fill a cistern in 14 hour and 16 hour respectively. The pipes are opened simultaneously and due to leakage it took extra time. When full, in what time will leak empty it?
A tank is filled in 5 hours by three pipes A, B and C. The pipe C is twice as fast as B and B is twice as fast as A. How much time will pipe A alone take to fill the tank?
Pipes A and B can fill a tank in 5 and 6 hour respectively. Pipe C can empty it in 12 hour. If all three pipes are opened together then the tank will be filled in