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a pipe can fill a tank in 15 hours. The tank develop a hole and 10% of water leaks out .
\n" ); document.write( "The pipe will now fill the tank in:
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = time for pipe to fill tank with leak
\n" ); document.write( "Let the full tank = 1
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\n" ); document.write( "If the leak empties at 10% of the fill rate,
\n" ); document.write( "it would take 150 hrs to empty a full tank
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\n" ); document.write( " $\"t%2F15\"$ - $\"t%2F150\"$ = 1
\n" ); document.write( "multiply by 150 to clear the denominators
\n" ); document.write( "10t - 1t = 150
\n" ); document.write( "9t = 150
\n" ); document.write( "t = $\"150%2F9\"$
\n" ); document.write( "t = 16 $\"2%2F3\"$ hrs to fill it with the leak \n" ); document.write( "

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