SOLUTION: Two taps A and B fill a swimming pool together in two hours. Alone, it takes tap A three hours less than B to fill the same pool. How many hours does it take each tap to fill the p
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Question 616566: Two taps A and B fill a swimming pool together in two hours. Alone, it takes tap A three hours less than B to fill the same pool. How many hours does it take each tap to fill the pool separately?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
a=b-3;
2/(b-3)+2/b=1
a=3
b=6
negative answers were dismissed.
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