A hose is able to fill a pool in 17 hours. The drain in the bottom of the pool will drain a pool in 32 hours. If both
are left open, how long would it take fill an empty pool? ANSWER TO THE NEAREST MINUTE HH:MM

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Answer:

36hr 16min

Step-by-step explanation:

1pool/17hr - 1pool/32hr = 1 pool/xhr

1/17 - 1/32 = 1/x

Use common denomminator of 17*32 = 544

32/544 - 17/544 = 1/x

15/544 = 1/x

x = 544/15

x = 36 4/15 hr

x = 36hr 16min