SOLUTION: normally, the hose in elenas garden will fill her small pool in 15 mintues. however, a leak in the hose allows 1/3 of the water to spill out. how long will it take to fill the pool
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Question 954929: normally, the hose in elenas garden will fill her small pool in 15 mintues. however, a leak in the hose allows 1/3 of the water to spill out. how long will it take to fill the pool?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The hose along with the leakage fills of the pool in 15 minutes.
You still want numerator of 1, for one pool.
-----fixed mistake
The pool needs 22.50 minutes for the hose to fill it. That is with the present leak.
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