<span>30 hours
For this problem, going to assume that the actual flow rate for both pipes is constant for the entire duration of either filling or emptying the pool. The pipe to fill the pool I'll consider to have a value of 1/12 while the drain that empties the pool will have a value of 1/20. With those values, the equation that expresses how many hour it will take to fill the pool while the drain is open becomes:
X(1/12 - 1/20) = 1
Now solve for X
X(5/60 - 3/60) = 1
X(2/60) = 1
X(1/30) = 1
X/30 = 1
X = 30
To check the answer, let's see how much water would have been added over 30 hours.
30/12 = 2.5
So 2 and a half pools worth of water would have been added. Now how much would be removed?
30/20 = 1.5
And 1 and half pools worth would have been removed. So the amount left in the pool is
2.5 - 1.5 = 1
And that's exactly the amount needed.</span>
A. Alright, we want to multiply one equation by a constant to make it cancel out with the second. Since the first equation has a "blank" y, let's multiply the first equation by <em>2</em>.
3x-y=0 → 2(3x-y=0) = 6x - 2y = 0
5x+2y=22
The answer for this part would be: 6x - 2y = 0 and 5x + 2y = 22
B. So now we combine them:
6x - 2y = 0
+ + +
5x + 2y = 22
= = =
11x + 0 = 22 ← The answer
C. Now that we have the equation 11x = 22, we solve for x
11x = 22 ← Divide both sides by 11
x = 2 ← The answer
D. Now that we have x=2, we plug that back in to 5x+2y=22 and solve for y:
5(2)+2y = 22
10 + 2y = 22
2y = 12
y = 6
<u>Therefore, the solution to this problem is x = 2 and y = 6</u>
Answer:
Y + 3= 3/4( x - 7)
