document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1135888>Question 1135888</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Problem Page<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It takes the cold water faucet 4 times as long to fill a bathtub as it does the hot water faucet. Left on together, the cold and hot water faucets take <BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 minutes to fill the tub. How long will it take the hot water faucet to fill the tub by itself? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The hot water faucet fills the bathtub 4 times as fast as the cold water faucet.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means in filling the tub together, the hot water faucet does 4/5 of the work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, since the hot water faucet fills 4/5 of the tub in 3 minutes, the amount of time it would require to fill the tub alone is 5/4 of 3 minutes:<br><BR>\n" );
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