Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 36 minutes and 48 minutes, respectively. Both the pipes are opened at the same time and pipe B is closed after some time. If the cistern gets filled in half an hour, then after how many minutes was pipe B closed?

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Two pipes A and B can fill a cistern in 36 minutes and 48 minutes, respectively. Both the pipes are opened at the same time and pipe B is closed after some time. If the cistern gets filled in half an hour, then after how many minutes was pipe B closed?

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A. 8

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