A pump can fill a tank in 3 hours. A more powerful pump can fill the same tank in 2 hours. How long would it take to fill the tank with both pumps working?" Is my answer correct or incorrect?
we have that
fisrt pump ------> fill a tank in 3 hours
that means
100% -----> 3 hours
1 hour ------> 33.33%
second pump
fill the same tank in 2 hours
100% -----> 2 hours
1 hour -----> 50 %
therefore
with both pumps working
1 hour ------> (33.33%+50%)=83.33%
applying proportion
1/83.33=x/100
x=100/83.33
x=1.2 hours
your answer is not correct
because the total time must be less than 2 hours (time of the second pump)