document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=900179>Question 900179</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One pump can fill a pool in 10 hr. Working with a second slower pump, the two pumps together can fill the pool in 6 hr. How fast can the second pump fill the pool by itself? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #545822 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=545822\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> You can think of this tank or pool filling as a doing a job or a work problem with uniform rates.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "RT=J and 1 job is \"fill the pool\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rates:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Regular pump, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slower pump, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combined pumps, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You only have the addition of rates, because they are like \"moving in the same direction\" when they work together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LCD is 30x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply both sides by 30x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30=2x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30=2x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >------The time in HOURS for the slower pump to fill the pool if working alone. </SPAN>\n" );
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