document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=371768>Question 371768</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Thank you very much to anyone who solves this problem.  The pool can be filled in 8 hours and 30 minutes with a red hose.  If I run a red and a green hose together, the pool can be filled in 5 hours and 15 minutes.  How long would it take to fill up the pool with the green hose only?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If I run a red and a green hose together, the pool can be filled<BR>\n" );
document.write( " in 5 hours and 15 minutes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "How long would it take to fill up the pool with the green hose only?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Change 8 hrs 30 min to 8.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Change 5 hrs 15 min to 5.25 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let g = time required by the green hose only<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the completed job = 1 (a full pool)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A typical shared work problem<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each hose will do a fraction of the job, the two fractions add up to 1.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5.25%2F8.5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5.25%2F8.5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5.25%2Fg ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5.25%2Fg\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1 <BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 8.5g to clear the denominators, results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.25g + 8.5(5.25) = 8.5g<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5.25g + 44.625 = 8.5g<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44.625 = 8.5g - 5.25g<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "44.625 = 3.25g<BR>\n" );
document.write( "g = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=44.625%2F3.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"44.625%2F3.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "g = 13.73 hrs which is: 13 + .73(60) = 13 hrs 44 min<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if that checks out<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.25/8.5 + 5.25/13.73 =<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".617 + .382 = .999 ~ 1, <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How about this? Did it make sense to you? </SPAN>\n" );
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