One pipe can fill a tank three times as fast as another pipe. If together the two pipes can fill the tank in $36$ minutes,then the slower pipe alone will be able to fill the tank in (in minutes):

  • A
    $81$
  • B
    $108$
  • C
    $144$
  • D
    $192$

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