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A pump started filling an empty pool with water and [#permalink] New post 20 Nov 2008, 11:30
A pump started filling an empty pool with water and continued at
a constant rate until the pool was full. At noon the pool was 1/3 full,
and 1+1/4 hours later it was 3/4 full. What was the total number of
hours that it took the pump to fill the pool?
A. 2+1/3 B. 2+2/3 C. 3
D. 3+1/2 E. 3+2/3
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Re: pump--25 [#permalink] New post 20 Nov 2008, 23:18
Jcpenny wrote:
A pump started filling an empty pool with water and continued at
a constant rate until the pool was full. At noon the pool was 1/3 full,
and 1+1/4 hours later it was 3/4 full. What was the total number of
hours that it took the pump to fill the pool?
A. 2+1/3 B. 2+2/3 C. 3
D. 3+1/2 E. 3+2/3


in 1+1/4 =5/4 hrs the pump filled 3/4-1/3 = 5/12th of the pool
in 1 hr it fills 1/3 of the pool
so in 3 hrs it will fill the entire pool.
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