document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1140373>Question 1140373</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Working together, it takes two different sized hoses 30 minutes to fill a small swimming pool. If it takes 40 minutes for the longer hose to fill the swimming pool by itself, how long will it take the smaller hose to fill the pool on it’s own? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #760875 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=760875\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2Fx%2B1%2F40=1%2F30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2Fx%2B1%2F40=1%2F30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read the description.  The filling rates for the pool represent or can represent fractions.  Numerator:  How many pools-worth of volume; Denominator:  How much time.   Amount of time for the smaller hose may be a variable x.   This variable x might or might not be a fraction.  Solve the equation and find out.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One way is isolate the variable expression and solve just for it first.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "LCD for <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F40 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F40\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  is  120.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Obviously <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=120%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=120%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=minutes ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"minutes\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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