Two pipes can fill an empty tank separately in $24$ $minutes$ and $40$ $minutes$ respectively,and a third pipe can empty $30$ $gallons$ of water per $minute$. If all three pipes are opened,the empty tank becomes full in one $hour$. The capacity of the tank (in $gallons$) is:

  • A
    $800$
  • B
    $600$
  • C
    $500$
  • D
    $400$

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