SOLUTION: With water from one hose, a swimming pool can be filled in 8 hours. A second, larger hose used alone can fill the pool in 5 hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if both h

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Question 347015: With water from one hose, a swimming pool can be filled in 8 hours. A second, larger hose used alone can fill the pool in 5 hours. How long would it take to fill the pool if both hoses were used simultaneously?
Answer by edjones(8007) About Me  (Show Source):
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Larger hose fills 1/5 the pool in 1 hr. Smaller hose fills 1/8 the pool in 1 hr.
1/8 + 1/5
= 5/40 + 8/40
=13/40 of the pool filled in 1 hr.
40/13= hrs to fill the pool.
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Ed