document.write( "Question 1197230: two pipes are filling a tank, one pipe fills four times faster as the other. with both pipes working the tank fills in 84 minutes. how long will each pipe take working alone \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "one pipe fills four times faster as the other.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Either \"One pipe fills four times as fast as the other.\" or \"One pipe fills at four times the rate of the other\".\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "p, the time for the slow pipe alone to fill THE TANK.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "slow pipe, $\"1%2Fp\"$
\n" ); document.write( "fast pipe, $\"4%2Fp\"$
\n" ); document.write( "pipes together, $\"1%2F84\"$ \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2Fp%2B4%2Fp=1%2F84\"$ \n" ); document.write( "

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