document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1143437>Question 1143437</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A Chinese restaurant has a large goldfish pond. Suppose that an inlet pipe and a hose together can fill the pond in 3 hours. The inlet pipe alone can complete the job in one hour less time than the hose alone. Find the time that the hose can complete the job alone and the time that the inlet pipe can complete the job alone.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The time that the hose can complete the job alone is <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "​(Round to the nearest​ tenth.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The time that the hose can complete the job alone is <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "​(Round to the nearest​ tenth.)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #764243 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39630)</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=764243\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Inlet Pipe          <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F%28h-1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F%28h-1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hose                 <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2Fh ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2Fh\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Combined            <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h=%287%2B-+sqrt%2849-4%2A3%29%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h=%287%2B-+sqrt%2849-4%2A3%29%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=h=%287%2Bsqrt%2837%29%29%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"h=%287%2Bsqrt%2837%29%29%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-----------time in hours, hose by itself<BR>\n" );
document.write( "about six and a half hours </SPAN>\n" );
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