SOLUTION: A tank has a leak which would empty it in 10 hrs. A tap is turned on and it admits 9 liters per minute into the tank and tank is now emptied in 25 hrs. How many liters tank holds

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Question 883211: A tank has a leak which would empty it in 10 hrs. A tap is turned on and it admits 9 liters per minute into the tank and tank is now emptied in 25 hrs. How many liters tank holds
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Rate*Time=Output


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