document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=391160>Question 391160</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If it takes a bathtub ten minutes to drain and twelve minutes to empty, how long would it take the bathtub to fill if the drain was accidentally left open? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "It must be 10 minutes to fill<BR>\n" );
document.write( "filling 10 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/10 of filling in 1 minute<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "draining 12 minutes<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/12 of the draining in 1 minute<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/10-1/12 =filling done in 1 minute when drain is open.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(6-5)/60<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 1/60<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "when drain is open 1/60 of the filling is done in 1 minute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so it will take 60/1 minutes to fill the tub with drain open.<BR>\n" );
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