SOLUTION: A warm water faucet can fill a bathtub in 30 minutes. If the warm water faucet and cold water faucet are both turned on. The tub can be filled in just 18 minutes. How long will it

Question 1015856: A warm water faucet can fill a bathtub in 30 minutes. If the warm water faucet and cold water faucet are both turned on. The tub can be filled in just 18 minutes. How long will it take the cold water faucet working alone to fill the tub?
Found 3 solutions by FrankM, stanbon, Alan3354:
Answer by FrankM(1040)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
warm fills 2 tubs per hour.
both fill 3 1/3 tubs per hour
cold would fill 1 1/3 tubs in one hour or 45 minutes for 1 tub.
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A warm water faucet can fill a bathtub in 30 minutes. If the warm water faucet and cold water faucet are both turned on. The tub can be filled in just 18 minutes. How long will it take the cold water faucet working alone to fill the tub?
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warm faucet rate:: 1/30 job/min
cold faucet rate:: 1/x job/min
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Together rate:: 1/18 job/min
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Equation:
rate + rate = together rate
1/30 + 1/x = 1/18
18x + 18*30 = 30x
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12x = 18*30
x = (3/2)30
x = 45 min (time for the cold to do the job)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A warm water faucet can fill a bathtub in 30 minutes. If the warm water faucet and cold water faucet are both turned on. The tub can be filled in just 18 minutes. How long will it take the cold water faucet working alone to fill the tub?
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The warm faucet fills 1/30 of the tub/minute.
The cold takes t minutes alone.
The cold fills 1/t of the tub/minute.
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Together, they fill (1/30 + 1/t) of the tub/minute.
1/30 + 1/t = 1/18
(t + 30)/30t = 1/18
18(t+30) = 30t
18t + 540 = 30t
12t = 540
t = 45 minutes
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