SOLUTION: Nine identical pipes can fill a tank in 4hours. Given that the rate of water flow in all the pipes are the same, find how long it would take six of these pipes to fill the same tan
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Question 566005: Nine identical pipes can fill a tank in 4hours. Given that the rate of water flow in all the pipes are the same, find how long it would take six of these pipes to fill the same tank.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 9 pipes fill the tank in 4 hrs, then
1 pipe would take 9 times as long,
or hrs to fill the tank.
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It would take 6 pipes 1/6 of that time
to fill the tank, or hrs
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