SOLUTION: One hose can fill a small swimming pool in minutes. A larger hose can fill the pool in minutes. How long will it take the two hoses to fill the pool working together?

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Question 1198193: One hose can fill a small swimming pool in minutes. A larger hose can fill the pool in minutes. How long will it take the two hoses to fill the pool working together?
Found 3 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn, Alan3354:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) About Me  (Show Source):
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In how many minutes for each hose?

if small hose fills the pool in c minutes and large hose fills pool in g minutes, then the combined rate for the two hoses together is
1%2Fc%2B1%2Fg

and the TIME in minutes to fill the pool is %28cg%29%2F%28g%2Bc%29.

Answer by ikleyn(52834) About Me  (Show Source):
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Your copy-paste system does not work properly.



Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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One hose can fill a small swimming pool in minutes. A larger hose can fill the pool in minutes. How long will it take the two hoses to fill the pool working together?
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It will take minutes.