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The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. 40.58 minutes.
Tap A can fill the bathtub in 42 minutes.
Part of a bathtub filled by tap A in 1 minute = 1/42
Tap B can fill the bathtub in 48 minutes.
Part of a bathtub filled by tap B in 1 minute = 1/48
Let’s assume that the drain pipe can empty the bathtub in x minutes.
Part of bathtub emptied by the outlet pipe in 1 minute = 1/x
According to the question -
⇒ (1/42 + 1/48 - 1/x) = 1/50
⇒ 1/x = 1/42 + 1/48 - 1/50
⇒ 1/x = (200 + 175 - 168)/8400
⇒ 1/x = 207/8400
⇒ x = 8400/207 = 40.5797
which is equal to 40.58 minutes