SOLUTION: a warm water faucet can fill a bathtub in thirty minutes. if the warm water faucet and the cold water faucet are both turned on, the tub can be filled in 18 minutes. how long will

Question 931578: a warm water faucet can fill a bathtub in thirty minutes. if the warm water faucet and the cold water faucet are both turned on, the tub can be filled in 18 minutes. how long will it take the cold water faucet working alone to fill the tub.
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x the time it takes the cold water faucet working alone to fill the tub
Per min KEY
|Multiplying thru by 540x so as all denominators = 1
18x + 30(18) = 30x
540 = 12x
45min = x, the time it takes the cold water faucet working alone to fill the tub
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