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Your pump empties the water from a swimming pool in 4 hours. When your friend's pump is used together with your pump, the pool is emptied in 48 minutes. How long (in hours) does it take your friend's pump to empty the pool when working alone?

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Answer:

Time taken for pump B to empty pool = 1 hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Time taken for pump A to empty pool = 4 hour

Time taken together = 48 minutes = 48 / 60 = 4/5 hour

Find:

Time taken for pump B to empty pool

Computation:

Assume;

Time taken for pump B to empty pool = a

1/4 + 1/a = 1 / (4/5)

1/4 + 1/a = 5/4

1/a = 5/4 - 1/4

1/a = (5 - 1) / 4

1/a = 1

a = 1

Time taken for pump B to empty pool = 1 hour.

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