a tank is filled by 3 pipes a , b , c in 8 hours . pipe c is twice as fast as b and b is twice as fast as a . how much will pipe a alone take to fill the tank ?
"suppose pipe a alone take x hours to fill the tank then pipe b and c will take x / 2 and x / 4 hours respectively to fill the tank . 1 / x + 2 / x + 4 / x = 1 / 8 7 / x = 1 / 8 x = 56 hours answer is c"
multiply(add(add(multiply(const_2, const_2), const_2), const_1), 8)