SOLUTION: the length of hose #1 is 20 feet less than 4 times #2 hose the combined length of the two is 380 feet
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Question 657711: the length of hose #1 is 20 feet less than 4 times #2 hose the combined length of the two is 380 feet
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the length of hose # is less than times # hose:
let's # and #
:
........2
___________________________
.......1
........2
___________________________solve this system, subtract 2 from 1
now find
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