SOLUTION: A tank can be filled using hose A alone in 3 hours, using hoses A and B together in 72 minutes, and using hoses A, B and C together in 40 minutes. How many minutes will it take to
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Question 573666: A tank can be filled using hose A alone in 3 hours, using hoses A and B together in 72 minutes, and using hoses A, B and C together in 40 minutes. How many minutes will it take to fill the same tank using only hose C?
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A tank can be filled using hose A alone in 3 hours, using hoses A and B together in 72 minutes, and using hoses A, B and C together in 40 minutes.
How many minutes will it take to fill the same tank using only hose C?
:
Find how long for B to fill it alone
Let a full tank = 1
Convert 3 hrs to 180 min
:
+ = 1
multiply by 180B, results
72B + 180(72) = 180B
12960 = 180B - 72B
12960 = 108B
B =
B = 120 minutes, B alone
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Find C
+ + = 1
multiply by 360C, results:
2C(40) + 3C(40) + 360(40) = 360C
80C + 120C + 14400 = 360C
14400 = 360C - 200C
14400 = 160C
C =
C = 90 minutes for C alone
:
:
Check that using decimals
+ + =
.22 + .33 + .44 = .99 ~ 1 a full tank
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