SOLUTION: One pump can fill a pool in 16 hr. Working with a second slower pump, the pumps together can fill the pool in 12 hr. How fast can the second pump fill the pool by itself.

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Question 1066020: One pump can fill a pool in 16 hr. Working with a second slower pump, the pumps together can fill the pool in 12 hr. How fast can the second pump fill the pool by itself.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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1%2F16%2B1%2Fx=1%2F12

x is the time for the second pump working alone to fill the pool.