Homework Help: college algebra

Posted by jenny on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 4:13pm.

A paint-mixing machine has 2 inlet pipes. One takes 1 hour less than the other to fill the tank. Together they fill the tank in 3 hours. How long would it take each of them alone to fill the tank?

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college algebra - bobpursley, Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 4:25pm
time=1/(1/timefast + 1/(timefast+1)

3(1/timefast + 1/(timefast+1))=1

solve for timefast. For the other unit, add one hour.

multiply tf(tf+1) to each side to get started.

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