SOLUTION: A bathtub can be filled in 20 minutes with both faucets running. If the cold water faucet runs twice as fast as the hot water, how long would it take the cold water faucet to fill
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: A bathtub can be filled in 20 minutes with both faucets running. If the cold water faucet runs twice as fast as the hot water, how long would it take the cold water faucet to fill the tub itself?
This question is from textbook Prentice Hall Algebra 1
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the cold water fills 2/3 of the tub while the hot water fills 1/3
the cold water fills twice as much and together they fill the whole tub (3/3)
if the cold water fills 2/3 of the tub in 20 min, it would take 30 min to fill the whole tub
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