document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=965642>Question 965642</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Please help me with this word problem.<BR>\n" );
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?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #590216 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=590216\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Those TWO pumps together work at a rate 100 gallons per minute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You have basement dimensions, but to get volume as gallons, you need to know:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is wrong:   <s>231 cubic feet = 1 gallon</s><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Know these:  231 cubic inches = 1 gallon, 12 inches = 1 foot\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "You would use a uniform rates formula like RT=V for rate, time, volume.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You would use it as T=V/R. </SPAN>\n" );
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