If 15 pumps of equal capacity can fill a tank in 7 days, then how many extra pumps will be required to fill the tank in 5 days? 

(a) 6 (b) 7 (c) 14 (d) 21


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(a) No. of pumps required to fill a tank in 7 days = 15

∴ No. of pumps required to fill a tank in 1 day

= 15 × 7 = 105                    ......(i)

Let the extra pumps required be n.

Now, no of pumps required to fill the tank in 1 day

= (n + 15) 5                      ......(ii)

From (i) and (ii),

(n + 15) 5 = 105

n + 15 = 21

n = 6