document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=594998>Question 594998</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A homeowner uses two pumps to pump out the water from a flooded basement. Together they take 160 minutes to complete the job. The larger pump works twice as fast as the smaller pump. How long would it take the smaller pump to complete the job alone? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Together they take 160 minutes to complete the job. The larger pump works twice as fast as the smaller pump.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How long would it take the smaller pump to complete the job alone?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let t = time required by the large pump alone<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2t = the small pump alone<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let the completed job = 1, (an empty basement)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A typical shared work equation<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=160%2F%282t%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"160%2F%282t%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=160%2Ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"160%2Ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 2t to clear the denominators, results<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160 + 2(160) = 2t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "160 + 320 = 2t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "480 = 2t, time required by the smaller pump<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=160%2F480 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"160%2F480\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=160%2F240 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"160%2F240\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
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