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If it takes 16 faucets 10 hours to fill 8 tubs, how long will it take 12 faucets to fill 9 tubs?
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document.write( "The expression\r\n" );
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document.write( "is a constant, So we can calculate the constant from the first\r\n" );
document.write( "situation.  The faucets are the \"workers\"\r\n" );
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document.write( " =   = 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let the time required for 12 faucers to fill 9 tubs be T.  Then\r\n" );
document.write( "for the second situation\r\n" );
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document.write( " =   \r\n" );
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document.write( "It must also equal to the constant 20.\r\n" );
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document.write( "  = 20\r\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply both sides by 9\r\n" );
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document.write( "12T = 180\r\n" );
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document.write( "  T = 15 hours.\r\n" );
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