Two water taps together can fill a tank in hours. The tap of larger diameter takes 10 hours less than the smaller one to fill the tank separately. Find the time in which the smaller tap can fill the tank.

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B.

  1. Step 1: Let smaller tap take hours, larger tap takes hours.
  2. Step 2: Combined rate: .
  3. Step 3: .
  4. Step 4: .
  5. Step 5: Since , .
Answer
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Why not the others: hours is the time taken by the larger tap (); and hours do not satisfy the combined rate.

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