document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1094128>Question 1094128</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A hose can fill a swimming pool in 12 hours. Another hose needs 6 more hours to fill the pool than the two hoses combined+How long would it take the second hose to fill the pool? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #708727 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><B>greenestamps(13200)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=greenestamps><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=greenestamps><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=708727\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <br>Let x be the number of hours the second hose takes to fill the pool by itself.  The fraction of the pool that the first hose fills in 1 hour is 1/12; the fraction the second fills in 1 hour is 1/x.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The fraction that the two hoses together fill in 1 hour is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So the number of hours it takes the two hoses together to fill the pool is<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The second hose alone needs 6 hours more than that to fill the pool by itself:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x-12%29%28x%2B6%29+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x-12%29%28x%2B6%29+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The second hose takes 12 hours to fill the pool by itself.<BR>\n" );
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