SOLUTION: Left on together, the cold and hot water faucets of a certain bathtub take 6 minutes to fill the tub. If it takes the hot water faucet 16 minutes to fill the tub by itself, how lo
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Question 610202: Left on together, the cold and hot water faucets of a certain bathtub take 6 minutes to fill the tub. If it takes the hot water faucet 16 minutes to fill the tub by itself, how long will it take the cold water faucet to fill the tub on its own?
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
each faucet fills some fraction of the tub, based on the individual rates
___ the fractions sum to one (the whole)
(6 / 16) + (6 / x) = 1
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