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1. Working independently at their respective rate, pump X and Y took 48 minutes to fill an empty tank with water. what fraction of the water in the full tank came from pump X?

A. Working along at its constant rate, pump X would have taken 80 minutes to fill the tank with water
B. Working alone at its constant rate, pump Y would have taken 120 minutes to fill the tank

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2. If K #0, 1 or -1 is 1/k >0

A. 1/k-1 >0
B. 1/k+1>0

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1. Working independently at their respective rate, pump X and Y took 48 minutes to fill an empty tank with water. what fraction of the water in the full tank came from pump X?

Let the rate of pump X be x liters per minute, the rate of pump Y be y liters per minute and the capacity of the tank be c liters.

Given: (x+y)*48=c. Question: \frac{48x}{c}=? (As from the pump X in 48 minutes would come 48x liters)

(1) Working along at its constant rate, pump X would have taken 80 minutes to fill the tank with water --> 80x=c --> \frac{48x}{c}=\frac{48x}{80x}=\frac{3}{5}. Sufficient.

(2) Working alone at its constant rate, pump Y would have taken 120 minutes to fill the tank --> 120y=c --> as (x+y)*48=c, then (x+y)*48=120y and 48x=72y --> \frac{48x}{c}=\frac{72y}{120y}=\frac{3}{5}. Sufficient.

Answer: D.

2. If k#0, 1 or -1 is \frac{1}{k}> 0?

(1) \frac{1}{k-1}> 0 --> k-1>0--> k>1, hence \frac{1}{k}>0. Sufficient.

(2) \frac{1}{k+1}> 0--> k+1>0 --> k>-1, hence k can be negative as well as positive: \frac{1}{k} may or may not be >0. Not sufficient.

Answer: A.

Hope it's clear.

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