SOLUTION: An oil tanker can be emptied by the main pump in 4 hours. An auxiliary pump can empty the tanker in 9 hours. If the main pump is started at 9 AM, when should the auxiliary pump be

Question 348181: An oil tanker can be emptied by the main pump in 4 hours. An auxiliary pump can empty the tanker in 9 hours. If the main pump is started at 9 AM, when should the auxiliary pump be started so that the tanker is emptied by noon?
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An oil tanker can be emptied by the main pump in 4 hours.
An auxiliary pump can empty the tanker in 9 hours. If the main pump is started at 9 AM,
when should the auxiliary pump be started so that the tanker is emptied by noon?
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Let a = no. of hrs required by the Aux pump
:
let the completed job = 1 (An empty tank)
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The Main pump will operate from 9 til 12: 3 hrs
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A shared work equation:
+ = 1
Multiply equation by 36, results:
9(3) + 4a = 36
27 + 4a = 36
4a = 36 - 27
4a = 9
a = hrs
Change this to Minutes
* 60 = 135 min which is 2 hrs, 15 min
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Find the starting time: 11:60 - 2:15 = 9:45 AM start the Aux pump
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Check solution
a = 9/4 = 2.25 hrs
+ =
+ = 1; confirms our solution
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