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Question 1155966: One canned juice drink is 25% orange juice; another is 10% orange juice. How many liters of each should be mixed together in order to get 15L that is 11% orange juice?
How many liters of the 25% orange juice should be in the mixture?
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How many liters of the 10% orange juice should be in the mixture?
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Question 1155964: (a) Write the equation of a line in slope-intercept form that passes through the point left parenthesis 0 comma negative 4 right parenthesis and is perpendicular to the graph of the equation y equals negative five thirds x minus 7
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(b) Write the equation in the form Ax+By=C, where A, B, and C are integers and A greater than 0.
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Question 1156033: Josh’s swimming pool can be filled by using a garden hose in 14 hours. His
neighbor, Jordan has offered a garden hose from his house, which can fill the
pool in 18 hours. Ryan accidentally leaves the drain open, which will empty the
pool in 25.5 hours. How long will it take to fill the pool? Give an exact answer.
I had:
t/14 + t/18 - t/25.5 = 1
Howver it is not easy to find a common denominator for this equation.
Click here to see answer by BlGDAVE(19)  |
Question 1156033: Josh’s swimming pool can be filled by using a garden hose in 14 hours. His
neighbor, Jordan has offered a garden hose from his house, which can fill the
pool in 18 hours. Ryan accidentally leaves the drain open, which will empty the
pool in 25.5 hours. How long will it take to fill the pool? Give an exact answer.
I had:
t/14 + t/18 - t/25.5 = 1
Howver it is not easy to find a common denominator for this equation.
Click here to see answer by ikleyn(52747)  |
Question 1156127: One hose can fill a pool in 8 hours, another hose can fill the pool in 6hrs. If both hoses are turned on, and a drain that can empty the pool in 24 is left open, can the pool ever get filled? If so, how long would it take?
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Question 1156086: A conical container of radius 6 ft and height 24 ft is filled to a height of 19 ft with a liquid weighing 60.6 lb/ft^3. How much work will it take to pump the liquid to a level of 5 ft above the cone's rim? (Preferably using a definite integral)
The answer is 401,267.6 ft*lb, but I have no idea how this answer was found. I don't understand how liquid could reach a level higher than the rim. Could someone walk me through this mess? Thanks so much for your time. :)
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Question 1156478: how if it takes 3000 gallons to fill 3 diveded by 4 of a swimming pool and 200 gallons to fill a second pool 1 divided 3 full what percent of the capicity of the first swimming is the capicity of the second pool
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Question 1157097: Working together, it takes two different sized hoses 25 minutes to fill a small swimming pool. If it takes 35 minutes for the larger hose to fill the swimming pool by itself, how long will it take the smaller hose to fill the pool on its own?
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Question 1157817: The denominator of a fraction is four more than twice the numerator. If both numerator and denominator are decreased by six, the simplified result is 7\19. Find the original fraction. (Do NOT simplify.)
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Question 1157818: Justin recently drove to visit his parents who live 96 miles away. On his way there his average speed was 20 miles per hour faster than on his way home (he ran into some bad weather). If Justin spent a total of 4 hours driving, find the two rates.
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Question 1157967: It takes an older computer 3 times as long to send out a company's email as it does a newer computer. Working together, it takes the two computers 12 minutes to send out the email. How long will it take the older computer to send out the email on its own?
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Question 1157967: It takes an older computer 3 times as long to send out a company's email as it does a newer computer. Working together, it takes the two computers 12 minutes to send out the email. How long will it take the older computer to send out the email on its own?
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Question 1158068: An inlet pipe on a swimming pool can be used to fill the pool in 6 hours. The drain pipe can be used to empty the pool in 8 hours. If the pool is 1/2 filled and then the inlet pipe and drain pipe are opened, how long from that time will it take to fill the pool?
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