SOLUTION: One pump can fill a pool in 16 hr. Working with a second slower pump, the pumps together can fill the pool in 12 hr. How fast can the second pump fill the pool by itself.
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Question 1066020: One pump can fill a pool in 16 hr. Working with a second slower pump, the pumps together can fill the pool in 12 hr. How fast can the second pump fill the pool by itself.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x is the time for the second pump working alone to fill the pool.
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