document.write( "Question 965642: Please help me with this word problem.
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document.write( "you need to pump water out of a flooded basement, using two 50-gallon-per-minute pumps. The basement has the dimension show(40 feet by 50 feet)and (24 feet by 22 feet)and is flooded to a depth of 16 in. How long will it take to pump the water out of the basement? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #590216 by josgarithmetic(39616)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Those TWO pumps together work at a rate 100 gallons per minute.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You have basement dimensions, but to get volume as gallons, you need to know: \n" ); document.write( "This is wrong: \n" ); document.write( "Know these: 231 cubic inches = 1 gallon, 12 inches = 1 foot\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "You would use a uniform rates formula like RT=V for rate, time, volume. \n" ); document.write( "You would use it as T=V/R. \n" ); document.write( " |