Answer:
It will take 5 hours and 5 minutes to fill the tank
Step-by-step explanation:
Here, we want to get the time taken to fill the tap
Let us have the rate per hour
A fills in 6 hours; so the fraction filled in an hour is 1/6
B fills in 8 hours, so the fraction filled in an hour is 1/8
C empties in 10 hours, so the fraction removed per hour is 1/10
So factoring the supply and removal, where removal is on a negative basis
we have it that in an hour, the fraction retained is;
1/6 + 1/8 - 1/10
= (20 + 15 - 12)/120
= 23/120
So this is the fraction retained per hour
The number of hours it will take to have a whole is simply the reciprocal of this fraction
That would simply be 120/23 = 5 5/23
5 hours and 5 minutes
