SOLUTION: A tank can be filled by two taps A and B in 33 and 1/3 minutes (33 minutes and 20 seconds) when they are running together. Tap A running by itself fills the tank in 15 minutes less
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Question 937747: A tank can be filled by two taps A and B in 33 and 1/3 minutes (33 minutes and 20 seconds) when they are running together. Tap A running by itself fills the tank in 15 minutes less than tap B. Find the time taken for each tap running by itself to fill the tank.
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A tank can be filled by two taps A and B in 33 and 1/3 minutes (33 minutes and 20 seconds) when they are running together. Tap A running by itself fills the tank in 15 minutes less than tap B. Find the time taken for each tap running by itself to fill the tank.
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Together DATA: time = 100/3 min/job ; rate = 3/100 job/min
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Tap A DATA: time = x-15 min/job ; rate = 1/(x-15) job/min
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Tap B DATA: time = x min/job ; rate = 1/x job/min
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Equation:
rate + rate = together rate
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1/x + 1/(x-15) = 3/100
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100(x-15)+100x = 3x(x-15)
200x - 1500 = 3x^2 - 45x
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3x^2 -245x + 1500 = 0
Positive solution::
x = 75 minutes (time for Tap B to do the job)
x-15 = 60 min (time for Tap A to do the job)
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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