SOLUTION: Two water pipes are filling a shark tank. One pipe fills the tank three times as fast as the other. With both pipes working together, the tank fills in 84 minutes. How long would i

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Question 1171218: Two water pipes are filling a shark tank. One pipe fills the tank three times as fast as the other. With both pipes working together, the tank fills in 84 minutes. How long would it take for each pipe to fill the tank working alone?
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