SOLUTION: Jim can fill a pool carrying bucks of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45 minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1 ½ hours. How quickly can all three fill the pool tog
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Question 30640: Jim can fill a pool carrying bucks of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45 minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1 ½ hours. How quickly can all three fill the pool together?
Answer by Paul(988) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1 1/2 = 3/2 =1.5 = 90minutes
Equation:

Common denomenator = 90
6x=90
x=15
Hence, it would take them 15 minutes to do the job together.
Paul.
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