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IRINA_888 [86]
3 years ago
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Problem PageQuestion Working together, two pumps can drain a certain pool in hours. If it takes the older pump hours to drain th

e pool by itself, how long will it take the newer pump to drain the pool on its own?
Mathematics
1 answer:
gizmo_the_mogwai [7]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

10.5 hours.

Step-by-step explanation:

Please consider the complete question.

Working together, two pumps can drain a certain pool in  6  hours. If it takes the older pump  14  hours to drain the pool by itself, how long will it take the newer pump to drain the pool on its own?

Let t represent time taken by newer pump in hours to drain the pool on its own.

So part of pool drained by newer pump in one hour would be \frac{1}{t}.

We have been given that it takes the older pump 14 hours to drain the pool by itself, so part of pool drained by older pump in one hour would be \frac{1}{14}.

Part of pool drained by both pumps working together in one hour would be \frac{1}{6}.

Now, we will equate the sum of part of pool emptied by both pumps with  \frac{1}{6} and solve for t as:

\frac{1}{14}+\frac{1}{t}=\frac{1}{6}

\frac{1}{14}\times 42t+\frac{1}{t}\times 42t=\frac{1}{6}\times 42t

3t+42=7t

7t=3t+42

7t-3t=3t-3t+42

4t=42

\frac{4t}{4}=\frac{42}{4}

t=10.5

Therefore, it will take 10.5 hours for the newer pump to drain the pool on its own.

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