document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=112660>Question 112660</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jim can fill a pool carrying bucks of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45 minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1 ½ hours. How quickly can all three fill the pool together?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #82134 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=chitra><B>chitra(359)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-10.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=chitra><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=82134\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jim can fill the pool in 30 minutes \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So in one minute he can fill <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;\" > of the tank\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sue can fill the same pool in 45  minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So in one minute she can fill <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F45 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F45\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the tank\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tony can fill the pool in 90 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So in one minute he can fill <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F90 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F90\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the tank\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so the time taken by all of them to fill the same pool is given by:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283+%2B+2+%2B+1%29%2F90 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283+%2B+2+%2B+1%29%2F90\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >    taking LCM we get this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%286%2F90%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%286%2F90%29\"   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=%281%2F15%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%281%2F15%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so taking reciprocal we get the time taken by all the three to fill the tank\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "==> they take 15 minutes in total to fill the tank.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hence the solution.  </SPAN>\n" );
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