To get a percentage out of 1/3, you want to divide 100 by 3, giving you 33.3% (the 3 recurring) and for a decimal you divide 1 by 3, giving you 0.3 (recurring)
The answer is 4x-1 hope it helps. :D
Answer:
18 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
Let the volume of the pool be x. Since pipe A filled the pool in 6 hours, the rate of pipe A = x / 6.
Let the rate of pipe b be y, Hose A filled the pool alone for the first 2 hours, this means that the volume filled in the 2 hours is x/6(2 hours) and the two hoses, working together, then finished filling the pool in another 3 hours for the 3 hours the volume filled is x/6(3) + y(3). hence the total time is:
x/6(2) + x/6(3) + y(3) = x
x/3 + x/2 + 3y = x
Multiply through by 6:
2x + 3x + 18y = 6x
5x + 18y = 6x
18y = x
y = x/18
The rate of pipe B is x/18, this means it would take pipe B 18 hours to full the pool alone
