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document.write( "Calculate how long it would take to fill 8 of these tanks when the flow rate is 9 litres per second. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Calculate how long it would take to fill 8 of these tanks when the flow rate is 9 litres per second.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each tank takes (27/6) = 9/2 minutes at 5L/sec<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tank = (9/2)*60*5 liters = 1350 liters<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "At 9 L/sec:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1350/9 = 150 sec/tank<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x8 = 1200 seconds = 20 minutes\r<BR>\n" );
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