document.write( "Question 1147442: It takes an older pump 4 times as long to drain a certain pool as it does a newer pump. Working together it takes the two pumps 4 hours to drain the pool. How long will it take the older pump to drain the pool working alone? \n" ); document.write( "
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new pump time, x
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"1%2B4=x\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"x=5\"\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"4x=highlight%2820%29\" hours of time for old pump by itself
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