Your hose fills a swimming pool in 3 hours. When your friend's hose is used together with your hose, the pool is full in 1 hour. How long (in hours) does it take your friend's hose to fill the pool when working alone

1.5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given :

My hose = 3 hours ; my rate = 1/3

Let My friend's time = x ; his rate = 1/x

Combined time = 1 hour, combined rate = 1/1 = 1

Combined rate :

1/3 + 1/x = 1

1/x = 1 - 1/3

1/x = (3 - 1)/ 3

1/x = 2/3

Cross multiply :

3 = 2x

x = 3/2

x = 1.5 hours

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step-by-step explanation:

the word superfluous means unnecessary

the solution is x=1

step-by-step explanation:

we are given our   equation as

let's assume

left side function is

right side function is

now, we can draw graph

and then we can get intersection point

the intersection point will be solution

so, the solution is

x=1