SOLUTION: Please help me solve this question: Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 h. Pipe B can fill it in 2 h less time than it takes Pipe C, a drainpipe, to empty the tank. With all three pipes op
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Question 934306: Please help me solve this question: Pipe A can fill a tank in 5 h. Pipe B can fill it in 2 h less time than it takes Pipe C, a drainpipe, to empty the tank. With all three pipes open, it takes 3 h to fill the tank. How long would it take to pipe C to empty it?
I am still very confused, can you fully solve the problem?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Asking the identical question repeatedly within a few/several minutes is not necessary.
This given here was very strong help:
http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Rate-of-work-word-problems/Rate-of-work-word-problems.faq.question.934291.html
You should be able to use that analysis to form the equation,
, and the rest is basic arithmetic.
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