document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=702662>Question 702662</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a hose fills a rectangular swimming pool in two days. suppose that a similar pool has the same average depth but is four times longer and two times wider. how long will it take to fill up the swimming pool </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "How much bigger is the volume of the second pool than the first pool?  Really, how many times bigger is it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Using w=width, d=depth, L=length,<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "There you see that the second pool is 8 times more volume than the first pool.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since the pipe needs 2 days to fill first pool, we now know 16 days to fill the second pool. </SPAN>\n" );
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