SOLUTION: Two pipes can be used to fill a pool. Working together, the two pipes can fill the pool in 6 The larger pipe can fill the pool in 5 hours less time than the smaller pipe can al
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Question 1167549: Two pipes can be used to fill a pool. Working together, the two pipes can fill the pool in 6 The larger pipe can fill the pool in 5 hours less time than the smaller pipe can alone. Find the time to the nearest tenth of an hour it takes for the smaller pipe working alone to fill the pool.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
large pipe rate 1/(x-5)
small pipe rate 1/x
both together rate 1/6
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-------solve this for x.
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