SOLUTION: A pipe can fill a container with water in 3 hours. However, if water is drawn from it at the same time at the rate of 4 cubic feet per hour it requires 5 hours to fill it. At what

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Question 887093: A pipe can fill a container with water in 3 hours. However, if water is drawn from it at the same time at the rate of 4 cubic feet per hour it requires 5 hours to fill it. At what rate is the pipe delivering water?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The fill-pipe works at some v%2F3 cubic feet per hour, or v cubic feet per 3 hours.
We do not know the container capacity and we do not know the actual rate for the fill pipe.

T is tank container capacity;

%28v%2F3%29%2A5-4%2A5=T
Something is still missing.