Answer:
3600 gallons of water was removed from the basement.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Rate of each pump = 40 gallons/min
We need to find find the number of gallons of water removed from the basement.
Solution:
Now Given:
After half an hour, the one pump burns out.
Now we know that;
1 hour = 60 mins
hour = 
Now for 30 mins both the pumps were working and removing the water.
So we can say that;
Water remove for first 30 mins = 
Also Given:
the second pump finishes removing the water half an hour later.
So we can say that;
Water removed for next 30 mins = 
Now we can say that;
Total water removed from the basement is equal to sum of Water remove for first 30 mins and Water removed for next 30 mins .
framing in equation form we get;
Total water removed from the basement = 
Hence 3600 gallons of water was removed from the basement.
Okay, so this is basically telling you that there is no solution. You don't have to worry about there being one. You just have to justify (or explain) why there isn't one.
Basically, neither y or x is equal to anything. You couldn't make x equal to a value in y because x and y are both together in the equation and equal to numbers.
We can always move a factor to the other side. So,
x-2y= -8
Add 2y to the other side.
x= -8+2y
Now, plug in -8+2y as x.
3(-8+2y)- 6y=-12
-24+6y-6y= -12
The 6y's cancel out. So, we can't figure out what y is.
-24=-12 <- no y.
These two lines are parallel. They have direct proportion in each other. That is why there is no solution because the lines never cross. Parallel lines do not cross.
I hope this helps!
~kaikers
Step-by-step explanation:
0.001 < 0.1 < 0.127 < 0.3 < 0.38