document.write( "Question 1197406: SETTING UP AND SOLVING DIRECT AND INVERSE PROPORTIONS
\n" ); document.write( "Two sump pumps working at the same rate to drain a flooded basement in 5 1/2 hours. How long would it have taken 3 pumps working at the same rate to drain the basement? I think it is an inverse proportion and I put 2 over 3 = 5 1/2 over x multiplied and got 2x=16 1/2 divided and got 8 1/4. But it is supposed to take less time not more. \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The entire job is  2 x 5 = 11 pump-hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Three pumps will complete it in   = 3  hours = 3 hours and 40 minutes.\r\n" );
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