SOLUTION: Working together, 2 water pumps A & B can fill a water tank in 3 hrs. Working alone pump A can fill the tank in 4 hrs. How long does it take pump B working alone to fill the same t
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Question 663652: Working together, 2 water pumps A & B can fill a water tank in 3 hrs. Working alone pump A can fill the tank in 4 hrs. How long does it take pump B working alone to fill the same tank?
Hope u'll help me..Thanks much ahead! Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Working together, 2 water pumps A & B can fill a water tank in 3 hrs.
Working alone pump A can fill the tank in 4 hrs.
How long does it take pump B working alone to fill the same tank?
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let b = B pump's time working alone
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Let the completed job = 1 (a full tank)
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A shared work equation,
Each pump will do a fraction of job, the two fractions add up to 1:
: + = 1
multiply by 4b to clear the denominators, results:
3b + 4(3) = 4b
3b + 12 = 4b
12 = 4b - 3b
b = 12 hrs B pump alone
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Check that
3/4 + 3/12 = 1
