SOLUTION: it takes 6.5 hours to fill a large tank with oil using Pipe a. using both pipe a and b, the same tank can be filled in 3.5 hours. At what rate is pipe b filling the tank?
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Question 811438: it takes 6.5 hours to fill a large tank with oil using Pipe a. using both pipe a and b, the same tank can be filled in 3.5 hours. At what rate is pipe b filling the tank?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
3.5/6.5+3.5/b=1
7/13+3.5/b=1
3.5/b = 6/13
b= 7.58333
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