SOLUTION: A garden hose can fill a swimming pool in 3 days, a larger hose can fill the pool in 2 days, how long will it take if both hoses are used?

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Question 139198: A garden hose can fill a swimming pool in 3 days, a larger hose can fill the pool in 2 days, how long will it take if both hoses are used?
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The first hose can fill the pool in 3 days, so it can fill 1%2F3 of the pool in one day. The second hose can fill 1%2F2 of the pool in one day.

Together they can fill 1%2F3%2B1%2F2=2%2F6%2B3%2F6=5%2F6 of the pool in one day, so they can fill the pool in 6%2F5 of a day. Presuming a day is 24 hours, because garden hoses don't ordinarily have to eat, sleep, or use the restroom, then 6%2F5%2A24=28.8hours. But .8 hour is .8%2A60=48 minutes, so the total time is 1 day, 4 hours, and 48 minutes.