Question 984019: At first two different pipes will fill a tank in 20/3 minutes, the rate that water runs though each of these pipes is changed. If one pipe, running alone, take 1 minutes less to fill the tank at the new rate, and the other pipe takes 2 minutes more to fill in the tank at the new rate, then the 2 pipes running together will fill the tank in 7 minutes. Find how much time the tank will be filled by each pipe running alone at new rates.
Answer by Edwin McCravy(20056)   (Show Source):
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>>At first two different pipes will fill a tank in 20/3 minutes,
That sentence is ambiguous:
It could be taken as:
>>At first two different pipes EACH will fill a tank in 20/3 minutes,
or it could be interpreted as
>>At first two different pipes TOGETHER will fill a tank in 20/3 minutes,
We can't tell which it is. Tell us which it is and we'll help you.
Edwin
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