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| Question 798470:  If seven drums can empyt a tank in 28minutes,how many minutes will it takes 8 drums to empty the Same tank at the same rate?
 Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)
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You can put this solution on YOUR website! You must mean, "rate per drum", when you say, "same rate". 
 We want to find the one drum tank-emptying rate.
 If 7 drums need 28 minutes, then 1 drum needs
  minutes, or 196 minutes. 
 How long in minutes if 8 drums are at work?
 
  tanks per minute, because rates are additive for each drum, and instead of only 1 drum at work, there are 8 of them, the same drums. 
 The time is 24.5 minutes.
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