document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=921472>Question 921472</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a pump can fill a tank in 2 hours because of leakage problem it took 20 mnutes more to fill the tank . the plant supervisor wants to find that how much time would the leak take to empty a full tank<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #559014 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39626)</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=559014\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> RATES<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Pump Expected, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pump Plus Leak,<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F%282%261%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F%282%261%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The rates are additive for the two agents working simultaneously.  The choice of giving the leak a negative sign or simply to subtract the absolute value depends on how you want to handle this; just understand that the pump and the leak are not in the same one-dimensional direction.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You can take u as a positive number;  your way of handling the sum of the rates could be either of these:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "pump + leak = both together, and \"leak\" rate is a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "pump-leak=BothTogether, and \"leak\" rate is a positive number.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "LCD is 14u<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The leak by itself can empty the tank in 14 hours. </SPAN>\n" );
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