SOLUTION: if a slow hose pipe takes 45 minutes to fill a bucket and a fast hose pipe takes 30 minutes . how long would both pipes take together?
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Question 276164: if a slow hose pipe takes 45 minutes to fill a bucket and a fast hose pipe takes 30 minutes . how long would both pipes take together?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/45+1/30=1/X
(30+45)/45*30=1/X
75/1,350=1/X
75X=1,350
X=1,350/75
X=18 MINUTES WORKING TOGETHER.
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