document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=37541>Question 37541</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One garden hose can fill an above-ground pool in 10 hours. A second hose can fill the pool twice as fast as the first one. If both hoses are used together to fill the pool, how many hours will it take? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "1st hose Data:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time to fill pool=10 hrs; rate=1/10 job/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2nd hose Data:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time to fill pool= 5 hrs; rate=1/5 job/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Together Data:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time to fill pool= x hrs; rate= 1/x job/hr.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate + rate = rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/10 + 1/5 = 1/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x+2x=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=3 hrs. 20 min. (Time to fill pool if both hoses are used.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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