document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=323081>Question 323081</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two rainstorms occured in one week in a certain area. The first storm lasted 25 hours, and the second storm lasted 40 hours, for a total 1775 mL of rain. What was the rate of rainfall for each of the two storms if the sum of the two rates was 50mL per hour?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First Storm :_ mL/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Second Strorm:_mL/hr </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #231288 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=231288\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> First storm x ml/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second storm 50-x ml/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "first storm 25 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "second storm  40 hours<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "total was 1775 ml<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "25x+(50-x)*40=1775<BR>\n" );
document.write( "25x+2000-40x=1775<BR>\n" );
document.write( "-15x=-225<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=15 ml/hr  first storm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=35ml/hr  second storm<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "15 ml/hr  first storm<BR>\n" );
document.write( "35ml/hr  second storm </SPAN>\n" );
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