document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=45662>Question 45662</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hi again,\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I need some assistance with this mixture problem:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It takes a pipe 10 minutes less than another one to fill a tank of water. Both pipes together can fill the tank in 12 minutes. How long will it take each one to fill the tank separately?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I am having trouble on how to start setting the equation up.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Thanks again,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Lou </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #852684 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ikleyn><B>ikleyn(53419)</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=852684\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> .\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hello, in your post you call this problem as a \"mixture problem\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Actually, it is not a \"mixture\" problem and never was.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The problems of this kind have their traditional name, which is \"joint work\" problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do not create your own names for subjects in the area, where they are well established <BR>\n" );
document.write( "just for hundred years and with which you are unfamiliar with.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Making disorder in a well ordered space is not a good style and is disrespect to traditions.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Besides of it, it shows that you don't know a standard terminology, <BR>\n" );
document.write( "which is not in your interests to demonstrate around.\r<BR>\n" );
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