Homework Help: math

Posted by Lisa on Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 6:21pm.

you fill up 40 gallon pool putting in 2 gallons water every minute, if someone scoops out 1 gallon every 8 minutes, how long would it take to fill the pool?

math - PsyDAG, Friday, January 25, 2013 at 11:55am
That sounds like a pretty small pool.

2x - 1/8x = 40

Solve for x.

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