SOLUTION: A large pump can fill a 54,000 gallon reservoir in 8 hours. Working together, the largepump and a smaller one can fill the reservoir in 6 hours. How long would it take the smaller

Question 154302: A large pump can fill a 54,000 gallon reservoir in 8 hours. Working together, the largepump and a smaller one can fill the reservoir in 6 hours. How long would it take the smaller pump to fill the reservoir by itself?

Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Remember:
----> condition 1

But, ---------------> condition 2
Substitute condtn. 1 in condtn. 2:

. Take LCD,
Divide both numerator/denominator by 2:

Thank you,
Jojo
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