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Question 910668: how could i salve this problem?.. supposable a small pump can empty a swimming pool in 60 hours and that a large pump can empty a pool in 20 hours. working together how long would it take to empty a pool?
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Question 910669: A tank can be filled by a certain pipe in 18 hours. Five hours after this pipe is opened, it is supplemented by a smaller pipe which, by itself, could fill the tank in 24 hours. Find the total time, measured from the opening of the larger pipe, to fill the tank.

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Question 910674: It takes Jay three times as long to shingle a roof than it does Aaron. When they work together, they can shingle a roof in 4 and a half hours. How long does it take each of them to shingle a roof alone?
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Question 911056: andrew can paint the neighbor's house 3 times as fast as bailey. atahe year Andre and Bailey worked together, it took them 5 days. How long would it take each to paint the house?
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Question 911054: how could i solve this problem. suppose a small pump can empty out a swimming pool in 60 hours and a large pump can empty out a pool in 20 hours. working together how long would it take hem both to empty out the pool?
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Question 909814: tutor quick help plz and solution. One printing press can finish a certain job in 1 1/2 hours which a smaller press had been working on for half an hour when it broke down and the job had to be transferred to the smaller press. How long did it take the smaller press to finish the job?
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Question 909811: Frank can do in 8 days a task which he and James together can do in three days. How many days would be required for James to do the work alone?
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Question 911092: sanchez can do a certain job in 2 hours, whereas it takes barry 3 hours to do the same job. how long would it take them to do the job working together?
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Question 909813: tutor quick help plz and solution. Nestor can do a piece of work in 10 days. After working 3 days on it, he is joined by Vic and they finished the remaining work in 2 1/3 days. In how many days can Vic do the work alone?
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Question 909812: help plz and solution. A can do a piece of work in 4 1/2 days. After he has worked three days, B joined him and they finished the work in 1 7/8 days. How long can B do the work alone?
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Question 909458: A businessman found out that one of his 2 employees can type a certain number of form letters in 5 hours, while another requires 4/5 as long. Working together, how long will it take them to finish the same amount of work?
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Question 911142: 15 men take 21 days of 8 hours each to do a piece of work. How many days of 6 hours each would 21 women take, if 3 women do as much work as 2 men ?

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Question 911155: One custodian cleans a room of suites in 5 hours. When a second worker is asked to join the regular custodian, the job only takes 3 1/3 hours. How long does it take the second worker to do the job alone?
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Question 911633: it takes bob 10 hours to clean. it takes bill 7 hours to clean. How long does it take if they work together?
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Question 911696: If it takes 6 men to complete a job in 12 days, how many men would it take to complete the same job in 18 days?
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Question 911825: A can do a work in 8 days and B can do a work in 7 days. A works on the first day ,B works on the second day and C on the third day respectively that is they work on alternate days.when wlii they finish the work and which day they will finish the work.?
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Question 911889: If two oil pipelines can fill a small tank in 30 minutes. Using one of the pipelines would require 45 minutes to fill the tank. How long would it take the second pipeline alone to fill the tank?
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Question 911884: Sam can paint a house in 5 days by himself, while Betty can paint the same house in 20 days. How long would it take Sam and Betty to paint the house together?
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Question 911881: If a new machine can make 10,000 aluminum cans three times faster than an older machine. With both machines working 10,000 cans can be made in 9 hours. How long would it take the new machine, working alone, to make the 10,000 cans.
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Question 911904: A family is trying to decide whether or not to buy a season beach pass. A daily pass costs $12. A season beach pass costs $96. With either pass, the family will have to pay a $2 parking fee each trip to the beach.
How many days would the family have to go the beach in order to make the season pass less expensive than the daily pass?

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Question 911906: A family is trying to decide whether or not to buy a season beach pass
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Question 911995: Fred can repair the roof in 4 hours. If Sandy helps, it takes them 3 hours. Without help, how long would it take for Sandy to repair the roof?
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Question 911194: Tommy can paint a fence in 6 hours. If his friend Huck helps, they can paint the fence in 1 hour. How fast could Huck paint the fence by himself?
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Question 912070: oliver alone can finish a certain job in 6 days and karl alone can do the same in 4 days.if they work together,how lone it can take them to finish the job

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Question 912102: Painting at a constant rate, Casey used 3/7 of a can of paint in 1 1/2 hours.
How long does it take Casey use a can of paint?

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Question 912333: Hi! I am having difficulty in answering our task in Math. The problem is about filling a pool with 1 000 cubic meters with conditions per pool. The following is the problem:
Think as if you are a young engineer. Your task is to design a swimming pool that will hold a total of 1 000 cubic meters of water. Prepare 3 proposals to meet the following conditions:
� Pool A � a square with semicircles on each side, at least 1 meter deep.
� Pool B � a circle, at least � m deep
� Pool C � a rectangle with semicircles, at least 1.5 m deep
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Question 912380: A pool can be filled by one pipe in 20 hours and by a second pipe in 60 hours. How long will it take using both pipes to fill the pool?
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Question 912399: The problem is about filling a pool with
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Question 912631: Twin brothers, Billy and Bobby, can mow their grandparent's lawn together in 88 minutes. Billy could mow the law by himself in 35 minutes less time that it would take Bobby. How long would it take Bobby to mow the lawn by himself?
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Question 912805: A new printing press can print newspaper twice as fast as the old one can. . The old one can print the afternoon edition in 4 hours. Find how long it takes to print the afternoon edition if both printers are operating.

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Question 912912: Tom and Matt working together can weed the garden in four hours. Working alone, Matt takes four times as long as Tom. How long does it take tom to weed the garden alone?
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Question 912818: One clerk can file 12 folders per minute and a second clerk, 9. How long will it take them working together to file 672 folders?
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Question 913175: A pipe can fill a swimming pool in 10 hrs.if a second pipe is opened,the two pipes together can fill the pool in 4 hours.how long would it take the second pipe alone to fill the pool?

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Question 913228: Julius can paint a house three times faster than Ruben. Working together, they can paint a house in 4 days. How long would it take the faster painter if he works alone?
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Question 913242: Twenty men can finish the job in 20 days. Twenty men were hired at the start and 10 quit after 5 days. How many days will it take to finish the job?
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Question 913254: Tom and Matt, working together, can paint the deck in 9 hours. Working alone, Matt takes three times as long as Tom. How long does it take Tom to paint the deck alone?
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Question 913835: maudes dad was driving 16km every 15 minutes how far would e drive in 20 minues and in 2.5 hours

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Question 914126: 6 men painted an area of 90m in 10 hours how many men will be needed to paint an area of 300m in 12 hours
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Question 914213: Hello!
A machine can fill 24 boxes in one hour. At this rate, how many boxes can it fill in five minutes?
Thank you!
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Question 914275: sally can paint a room in 3 hours while it takes Steve 6 hours to paint the same room. how long would it take the paint the room if they worked together
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Question 914328: Tom works 12 hours each week. He earns
�4 an hour. Tom saves 1/3 of his earnings each week. How many weeks does it take tom to save �80?
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Question 914408: John begins painting a house at 12:00pm. At 2:00 pm Ted joins John. They finish together at 6:00pm. It would taken John 9 hours to paint the house alone. How long would it have taken Ted to paint the house alone?
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Question 914409: A small pump can fill a pool in one hour less than twice as long as a large pump. If the two pumps were working together, they would fill the pool in 72 minutes (6/5 of an hour). How long would it take the small pump working alone to fill the pool? How long would it take the large pump?
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