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galben [10]
3 years ago
9

John is trying to drain a swimming pool. He has two pumps, but he can only use one at a time. He knows that the time a pump take

s to drain the pool varies inversely with the power in watts of the pump. His old pump is a 40 watt pump, and it can drain the pool in 5 hours. How long would the job take if he uses his new 100 watt pump?
Mathematics
1 answer:
xeze [42]3 years ago
8 0
What do you mean this sentence?
the time a pump takes to drain the pool varies inversely with the power in watts of the pump,
The meaning would be : if we have a power in watts greater the time to drag the pool will be less because the relation between power and time is inverse.  

40 watts--------------5 hours) 
100 watts------------  x

because the relation between power and time is inverse, we multiply directly.
40 watts(5 hours)=100 watts x
x=(200 watts hours) / 100 watts=2 hours.

Answer: the time would be 2 hours.   (the new pump is faster)
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