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An oil tanker can be emptied by the main pump in 5 hours. An auxiliary pump can empty the tanker in 7 hours. If the main pump is started at 7 PM​, when should the auxiliary pump be started so that the tanker is emptied by PM​?

Suppose you have entered 103 ​-mile biathlon that consists of a run and a bicycle race. During your​ run, your average velocity is 5 miles per​ hour, and during your bicycle​ race, your average velocity is26 miles per hour. You finish the race in 8 hours. What is the distance of the​ run? What is the distance of the bicycle​ race?

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Answer:

so the answer will be 1

Explanation:

An oil tanker can be emptied by the main pump in 5 hours.

An auxilary pump can empty the tanker in 14 hours.

If the main pump is started at 7pm, when should the auxilary pump be started

so that the tanker is emptied by 11pm?

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Let t = no. of hrs to run the Aux pump

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The main pump will run 4 hr (7 - 11 pm)

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Let the completed job = 1; (an empty Tanker)

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The shared work equation

4%2F5 + t%2F14 = 1

Multiply equation by 70 to get rid of the equation, results:

14(4) + 5t = 70

56 + 5t = 70

5t = 70 - 56

5t = 14

t = 14%2F5

t = 2.8 hrs to run the aux pump

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2.8 hr = 2 + .8(60) = 2 hrs 48 min

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Subtract 2:48 from 11:00 = 8:12 PM start the aux pump

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Check solution

4/5 + 2.8/14 =

.8 + .2 = 1

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