SOLUTION: When the water is turned on and passes through a small hose, a pool can be filled in 6 hours. When the water is turned on at two spigots and passes through both the small hose and
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Question 997857: When the water is turned on and passes through a small hose, a pool can be filled in 6 hours. When the water is turned on at two spigots and passes through both the small hose and a large hose, the pool can be filled in 2 hours. How long would it take to fill the pool using only the large hose?
Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The small hose can fill the pool in 6 hours, so it can fill 
of the pool in one hour. The large hose can fill 
of the pool in one hour. Working together they can fill 
of the pool in one hour, so:
Solve for 
John
My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it
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