document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=953413>Question 953413</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two pipes P and Q fill an empty cistern in 24 minutes & 32 minutes respectively. Both the pipes  being opened together. Find when the first pipe must be turned off so that the empty cistern may be just filled in 16 minutes.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " Both the pipes being opened together.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Find when the first pipe must be turned off so that the empty cistern may be just filled in 16 minutes. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let t = on time of the 1st pipe to accomplish this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let the completed job = 1 (a full cistern)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "each will do a fraction of the filling, the two fractions add up to 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=16%2F32 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"16%2F32\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "reduce the 2nd fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <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;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply equation by 24, cancel the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t + 12 = 24<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 24 - 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 12 min, then turn the 1st pipe off<BR>\n" );
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