Question

One pump fills a tank two times as fast as another pump. If the pumps work together they fill the tank in 18 minutes. How long does it take each pump working alone to fill the tank?
If the fast pump fills the tank in x minutes, we have

1/x + 1/2x = 1/18
x = 27
no solution

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