document.write( "Question 730604: two taps take 8 hours to fill a tank. one tap takes 12 hours to do the same work. How long will the other tap take to fill the same tank?
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document.write( "The combined rate of work of the two taps is  1/12  of the tank volume per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The individual rate of work of one tap is 1/12.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the individual rate of work of the other tap is the difference\r\n" );
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document.write( "     -  = use the common denominator 24 =  -  =   of the tank volume per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that the other tap will take 24 hours to fill the tank working alone.\r\n" );
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