SOLUTION: If one pump can empty a flooded basement in 18 hours and a second pump can empty the basement in 24 hours, how long will it take if both pumps are working together?

SOLUTION: If one pump can empty a flooded basement in 18 hours and a second pump can empty the basement in 24 hours, how long will it take if both pumps are working together?

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Question 246647: If one pump can empty a flooded basement in 18 hours and a second pump can empty the basement in 24 hours, how long will it take if both pumps are working together?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
18*24/(18+24)=432/42=10.2857 HOURS.
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