Question

A medium water hose can fill a pool in 30 minutes. A larger water hose can fill the same pool in 20 minutes. If both hoses are turned on at the same time, how long will it take to fill the pool?

What equation can be used to solve this work problem?



How many minutes will it take both hoses to fill the pool?

Answer 1

It will take the hoses 6 minutes to fill the pool together

Fractions and proportions

Fractions are expressions written as a ratio of two integers.

Let the time it will take the water to fill the pool if both holes are used be x such that;

1/x = 1/30 + 1/20

Simplify to have;

1/x = 10+15/300

1/x = 25/300
x = 300/25

x = 6

Therefore it will take the hoses 6 minutes to fill the pool together

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