As per the problem,
The larger pump takes 40 minutes to fill the pool.
The smaller one takes 60 minutes.
When both the pumps are working , let the time taken be x minutes , then we can write
Hence, when both the pumps works together, Time taken =24 minutes.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem, it is found that the base of the pole should be set 10 feet from the end of the wire.
<h3>What is the Pythagorean Theorem?</h3>The Pythagorean Theorem relates the length of the legs and
of a right triangle with the length of the hypotenuse h, according to the following equation:
In this problem, the distance is , while the other measures are
, hence:
The base of the pole should be set 10 feet from the end of the wire.
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