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CUET · MATHS · PYQ PAPER 2025

Pipe A can fill a tank three times faster than pipe B.
If both pipes A and B are running together, they can fill the tank in 12 minutes.
Then the time taken by pipe B alone to fill the tank is :

  1. A 24 minutes
  2. B 36 minutes
  3. C 40 minutes
  4. D 48 minutes
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(D) 48 minutes

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Let \(R_A\) and \(R_B\) be the rates of pipe A and B respectively. \(R_A = 3R_B\) \(R_A + R_B = \frac{1}{12}\) \(3R_B + R_B = \frac{1}{12}\) \(4R_B = \frac{1}{12}\) \(R_B = \frac{1}{48}\) Time taken by pipe B alone \(T_B = \frac{1}{R_B} = 48\) minutes.
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