A conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 3 tons in 5 minutes, and a second conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 1 ton in 2 minutes. How much time will it take to get 33 tons of baggage delivered using both the conveyer belts ?

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Q: 141 (IAS/2001)
A conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 3 tons in 5 minutes, and a second conveyer belt delivers baggage at the rate of 1 ton in 2 minutes. How much time will it take to get 33 tons of baggage delivered using both the conveyer belts ?

question_subject: 

Maths

question_exam: 

IAS

stats: 

0,11,7,4,11,2,1

keywords: 

{'second conveyer belt': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'conveyer belt': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'conveyer belts': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'baggage': [0, 0, 1, 0], 'minutes': [0, 0, 1, 1], 'ton': [0, 0, 1, 4], 'seconds': [3, 3, 8, 6], 'rate': [2, 3, 13, 20]}