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Tanks X and Y contain 500 and 200 gallons of water, respectively. If water is being pumped out of tank X at a rate of \(m\) gallons per minute, and water is being added to tank Y at a rate of \(n\) gallons per minute, how many hours will elapse before the two tanks contain equal amounts of water?

A. \(\frac{5}{m + n}\text{ hours}\)
B. \(6(m + n)\text{ hours}\)
C. \(\frac{300}{m + n}\text{ hours}\)
D. \(\frac{300}{n - m}\text{ hours}\)
E. \(\frac{60}{n - m}\text{ hours}\)

Can easily be solved by picking numbers.

First, let's assume that m=n=10 gallons per minute.

Then set an equation:

500 - 10x = 200 + 10x, where x is the number of minutes.

x = 15 minutes, which is 1/4 hours.

Put m=n=10 in the answer options, and only A will give 1/4.
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