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Question 268577: Jim can fill a pool carrying buckets of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45 minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1 ½ hours. How quickly can all three fill the pool together? (answer in minutes) Please show steps Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! they each fill a FRACTION of the pool, based on their individual rates
___ the fractions sum to one -- the WHOLE pool
