document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1183385>Question 1183385</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hello\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A pipe can empty a tank in 40 minutes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A second pipe with diameter twice as much as<BR>\n" );
document.write( " that of the first is also attached with the tank to empty it.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two pipes together can empty the tank in 8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I don't understand how they got 8?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How would I go about solving this?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks in advance,\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 #813694 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(52787)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ikleyn><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=813694\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I do not think that in this problem they assume that you are familiar with the basics of hydraulics\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to make a conclusion that the flow rate through the pipe of the doubled diameter is 4 times \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the flow rate through the narrow pipe.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simply, you did not read the problem to the end and posted the problem in the incomplete mode.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am 179% sure that the next phrase in the problem, which you missed to read and to print, is\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;How fast the second pipe can empty the tank, if it works alone ?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The info about flow rate is not intended for you to find out \"why ?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is simply the &nbsp;\"given part\", &nbsp;&nbsp;after which the question follows.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "On solving such problems, look the lessons\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Rate-of-work-word-problems/Word-problems-WORKING-TOGETHER-by-Fractions.lesson>Using Fractions to solve word problems on joint work</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Rate-of-work-word-problems/Solving-more-complicated-word-problems-on-joint-work.lesson>Solving more complicated word problems on joint work</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- <A  rel=nofollow HREF=https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/Rate-of-work-word-problems/Selected-problems-from-the-archive-on-joint-work-word-problems.lesson>Selected joint-work word problems from the archive</A> \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Read them and get be trained in solving joint-work problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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