Ask a New Question

Question

An empty bucket is put under two faucets. If one faucet is turned on alone the bucket fills in 6 minutes. If the other faucet is turned on alone the bucket fills in 4 minutes. If both are turned how many seconds will it take to fill the bucket?
12 years ago

Answers

Reiny
rate of 1st bucket =1/6 buckets/minutes
rate of 2nd bucket = 1/4 buckets/minutes
combined rate= 1/6+1/4 or 5/12 buckets/minutes

time taken = 1/(5/12) = 12/5 or 2.4 minutes
12 years ago

Related Questions

A 3 lb bucket containing 40 lb of water is hanging at the end of a 20 ft rope that weighs 4 oz/ft. T... A w1 = 255 N bucket is lifted with an acceleration of a = 2.00 m/s2 by a w2 = 105 N uniform vertical... Mass of empty bucket of capacity 10 liter is 1 kg. find its mass when completely with a liquid of re... A bucket has a diameter of top and bottom of 44cm and 24 cm.find capacity in litres if its 36cm deep... A bucket contains the following vegetables 1 squash, 2 carrots, 4 heads of broccoli, 2 artichoke and... There are 88 balls in a bucket. The balls are numbered from 1 to 88. One ball is randomly selected f... A bucket contains three slips of paper. One of the following colors is written on each slip of pap... which is better 19-cup bucket of paint for $28.12 or 4-pint bucket of paint for $17.12 A bucket containing 5 gallons of water is emptied equally into bottles with a capacity of gallon ea...
Ask a New Question
Archives Contact Us Privacy Policy Terms of Use