SOLUTION: If 2/5 protion of water tank is filled up in 2 minutes then how much more time is required to fill the water tank completely ?

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Question 987911: If 2/5 protion of water tank is filled up in 2 minutes then how much more time is required to fill the water tank completely ?
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If 2/5 is filled in 2 minutes, then it must take 1 minute to fill 1/5. So how many minutes do you think it would take to fill up 5/5?

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it