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Two taps A and B can fill a cistern in 20 and 30 minif both are opend simultaneously how long will it take to fill the cistern

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it would take roughly 6 and a half minutes i think

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I believe it’s 12 minutes since the since the time is unknown, you set it up as x/20+x/30 since you know that they are being added. Filling up the canteen is 1 because you want it full all the way so you find the common denominator and solve for the x which is 12
Two taps A and B can fill a cistern in 20 and 30 minif both are opend simultaneously-example-1
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