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I really need to know how long it takes the large pipe on its own

I really need to know how long it takes the large pipe on its own-example-1
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s = hours it takes the small pipe on its own.


L = hours it takes the large pipe on its own.


we know the small pipe can do it in 11 hours total, so s = 11, so, how much of the whole job has the small done in 1 hour only?


well, if it takes 11 hours to do the whole thing, in 1 hour it has done only 1/11 of the whole job.


we know both pipes working together can do it in 6 hours flat. So in 1 hour only, both of them have done only 1/6 of the whole thing.


in that 1 hour, how much has the large one done? well, it has only done 1/L of the job.



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and you can round that up as needed.

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