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A pump can fill a tank with water in2 hours. Because of a leak, it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the tank. The leak can drain all the water of the tank in.

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A pump can fill a tank with water in 2 hours.

Because of a leak, it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the tank.

The leak can drain all the water of the tank in.

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Solution

The problem is asking for the time it would take for the leak to drain the tank completely.

Step 1: First, we need to determine the rate at which the pump can fill the tank. Since the pump can fill the tank in 2 hours, its rate is 1 tank/2 hours = 0.5 tanks/hour.

Step 2: Next, we need to determine the combined rate of the pump and the leak. Since it took 2 1/3 hours to fill the tank with the leak, the combined rate is 1 tank/(2 1/3 hours) = 1 tank/(7/3 hours) = 3/7 tanks/hour.

Step 3: Now, we can find the rate at which the leak drains the tank. We subtract the combined rate from the rate of the pump: 0.5 tanks/hour - 3/7 tanks/hour = 1/14 tanks/hour. This is the rate at which the leak drains the tank.

Step 4: Finally, we find the time it would take for the leak to drain the tank completely. Since rate = work/time, we can rearrange to find time = work/rate. The work in this case is 1 tank, and the rate is 1/14 tanks/hour. So, time = 1 tank / (1/14 tanks/hour) = 14 hours.

So, the leak can drain all the water of the tank in 14 hours.

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