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Two pipes A and B can fill a tank in 24 minutes and 32 minutes, respectively. Initially, both pipes are opened simultaneously. After how many minutes should pipe B be turned off so that the tank is full in 18 minutes?
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1 of 2Pipe A run for 18 minutes. Because pipe A can fill a whole tank in 24 minutes, if pipe A work 18 minutes she can fill
So, for 18 minutes pipe A can fill of a tank.
tank will need to fill pipe B.
Because pipe B can fill a whole tank in 32 minutes, to fill tank she needs one-fourth of 32 minutes because pipe need to fill tank, not a whole tank.
To fill a tank for 18 minutes if pipe A work all the time(18 minutes), after 8 minutes pipe B should be turned off.
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