document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=147255>Question 147255</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A Distillate flows into an empty 64-Gallon drum at spout A and out of the drum at spout B.If the rate of flow through A is 2 gallons per hour,how many gallons per hour must flow out at spout B so that the drum is full in exactly 96 hours? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "64 gal drum<BR>\n" );
document.write( "outgoing flow is 2 gal/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "incoming flow ?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "fill in 96 hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = rate of incoming flow (spout B)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "gallons (amt entering or leaving) = rate * time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "96(x-2) = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96x-192 = 64<BR>\n" );
document.write( "96x = 256<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2.6667 gal/hr (or, 2 2/3 gallons per hour)<BR>\n" );
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