SOLUTION: A Chinese restaurant has a large goldfish pond. Suppose that an inlet pipe and a hose together can fill the pond in 7 hours. The inlet pipe alone can complete the job in one hour l

Question 1091897: A Chinese restaurant has a large goldfish pond. Suppose that an inlet pipe and a hose together can fill the pond in 7 hours. The inlet pipe alone can complete the job in one hour less time than the hose alone. Find the time that the hose can complete the job alone.
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x, time for the hose alone

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Answer by ikleyn(52777) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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The solution by @josgarithmetic

or 13 hours 31 minutes

is . The correct solution is

x = x = 14.5178 hours or 14 hours 31 minutes

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