One pipe can fill a tank in 24 minutes, a second can fill it in 8 minutes, and a third can fill it in 12 minutes. If the tank is empty, how long will the three pipes, operating together, take to fill it? 4 4/5 minutes
4 minutes
1/6 minute

4 mins

Step-by-step explanation:

Tank 1: 24

Tank 2: 8

Tanks 3: 12

So you add them all up to equal the "work". which is one. Looks like this:

*** x/24 + x/8 + x/12 = 1 ***

multiply all by 24

x+3x+2x=24

add like terms

6x=24

divided by 6

x=4

So x=4 minutes.

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*** You could check by putting 4 into x by the * (stared) problem

this linear equation would have just one solution.

step-by-step explanation:

the reason why this would have one solution is that it is an expression with just one variable. since that variable is not raised to a power, it will always have just one solution.

b. 18

step-by-step explanation:

so the equation for this is:

ab^2=ac⋅ad

ab being the top length of 6 and ac being the length of 2 and ad being the length of x. let's plug into the equation:

6^2 = 2x

now lets just solve for x:

36 = 2x

18 = x

i hope that !