document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1197446>Question 1197446</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> hello please help me to solve this,thankyou!!<BR>\n" );
document.write( "two hoses, when connected to a swimming pool, can fill the pool in 4 hours. If the larger hose alone is used, it can fill the pool in 6 hours less than the smaller hose how long will it take the smaller hose to fill the swimming pool alone? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "the larger hose alone is used be<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+%28x+-+6%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+%28x+-+6%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "and the smaller hose as <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This would make their rates  and  respectively.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rate of both hoses = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This would mean that <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+=+12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+=+12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > or <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > but <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >cannot be <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > since that would make the time taken for the larger hose negative.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore it will take the smaller hose <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=12+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"12+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >hours to fill the swimming pool alone.\r<BR>\n" );
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