document.write( "Question 1017288: One pump can fill a gasoline storage in 8 hours. With a second pump working simultaneously, the tank can be filled in 3 hours. How long would it take the second pump to fill the the tank alone? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "One pump can fill a gasoline storage in 8 hours. With a second pump working simultaneously, the tank can be filled in 3 hours.
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document.write( "The rate of the first pump is  of the tank volume per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rate of the two pipes, when they work simultaneously, is  of the tank volume per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the rate of the second pipe, when it works alone, is \r\n" );
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document.write( "of the tank volume per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that it takes  of an hour for the second pipe to fill the tank if it works alone.\r\n" );
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document.write( " hours = 4 hours and 48 minutes.\r\n" );
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