document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1140868>Question 1140868</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A new type of pump can train a certain pool in 4 hours. An older pump can drain a pool in 6 hours. How long will it take both pumps working together to drain the pool? Do not do any rounding.  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( ",... pump can <s>train</s>DRAIN a certain pool in 4 hours....<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "New pump drains the pool in 4 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Old pump drains the pool in 6 hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The draining rate unit is in POOLS PER HOUR.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of the two individual rates is the rate for the two combined pumps working together.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "New pump drains pool at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=POOL%2FHOUR ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"POOL%2FHOUR\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Old pump drains pool at <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=POOL%2FHOUR ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"POOL%2FHOUR\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The TIME for the two working together, you can calculate, and not yet knowing it, you may call this time, x.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(Basic Arithmetic) </SPAN>\n" );
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