document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=968957>Question 968957</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two pipes fill a storage tank in 9 hours. The larger pipe fills the tank three times as fast as the smaller one. How long would it take the larger pipe to fill the tank alone? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let smaller pipe take  3x hrs to fill the tank and big take x hours <BR>\n" );
document.write( "big one hours =1/x and other 1 hours =1/3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "both pipe together in 1 hours = 1/x+1/3x=4/3x hours <BR>\n" );
document.write( "as per given conditions both pipe  fill up tank in 1 hours =1/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4/3x=1/9  by cross multiplication <BR>\n" );
document.write( "36=3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=12 hours <BR>\n" );
document.write( "answer 12 hours  </SPAN>\n" );
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