SOLUTION: Two rainstorms occurred in one week in a certain area. In the first storm 15mL of rain fell per hour, and in the second storm 35mL of rain fell per hour. Rain fell that week for a
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Question 176788: Two rainstorms occurred in one week in a certain area. In the first storm 15mL of rain fell per hour, and in the second storm 35mL of rain fell per hour. Rain fell that week for a total of 50 hours for a total rainfall of1450 mL . How long was each storm?
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Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
lets call time for storm 1 and storm 2 and respectively
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.....eq 1
..eq 2
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take eq 1 and re write to
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hours
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hours
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