SOLUTION: 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 t
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Question 180686: 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 by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
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Let = number of hours for Jim, Sue, and Tony to
fill pool working together
Jim's rate of filling + Sues rate of filling + Tony's rate of filling =
rate of all 3 filling pool together
Multiply both sides by hr
All 3 filling pool together can do the job in 15 min
