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document.write( "Two pipes together can fill a tank in 6 hours. Pipe 1 alone can fill the tank in 10 hours. In how much time can pipe 2 fill the tank alone?\r<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 #565885 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><B>ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ankor@dixie-net.com><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ankor@dixie-net.com><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=565885\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two pipes together can fill a tank in 6 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Pipe 1 alone can fill the tank in 10 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " In how much time can pipe 2 fill the tank alone?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let x = time required by pipe 2 to fill the tank alone<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let a full tank = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "each pipe will do a fraction of the job, the two fractions add up to 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 10x, cancel the denominators and you have<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x + 10(6) = 10x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x + 60 = 10x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 = 10x - 6x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "60 = 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 60/4<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 15 min for pipe 2 to fill it alone<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "confirm this<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".6 + .4 = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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