SOLUTION: A sink can be filled in 3 minutes. Suzi is filling and draining the sink at the same time. In 15 minutes the sink starts to overflow. How many minutes does it take to drain the sin
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Question 291776: A sink can be filled in 3 minutes. Suzi is filling and draining the sink at the same time. In 15 minutes the sink starts to overflow. How many minutes does it take to drain the sink?
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A sink can be filled in 3 minutes. Suzi is filling and draining the sink at the same time.
In 15 minutes the sink starts to overflow.
How many minutes does it take to drain the sink?
:
Let x = time required to drain the sink
:
Let the full sink = 1
:
Filling (+) draining(-)
- = 1
multiply equation by 3x
15x - 3(15) = 3x
15x - 45 = 3x
15x - 3x = 45
12x = 45
x =
x = 3.75 minutes to drain a full sink
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Check solution
- =
5 - 4 = 1
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