SOLUTION: It takes 10 hours to fill a pool with the inlet pipe. It can be emptied in 15 hours with and outlet pipe. If the pool is 1/2 to begin with, how long will it take to fill if both pi

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Question 959644: It takes 10 hours to fill a pool with the inlet pipe. It can be emptied in 15 hours with and outlet pipe. If the pool is 1/2 to begin with, how long will it take to fill if both pipes are open?
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