It will take 2/3 hour or 40 minutes to fill the tank if both pipes are used.
Let pi be pipe 1 and pi2 be pipe 2
pi = 1 / 1
pi2 = 1 / 2
together = 1/1 + 1/2 ;
3/2 time ; 2/3 hour.
It will take 2/3 hour or 40 minutes to fill the tank if both pipes are used.
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