Question

Faucet A flows at a rate of 100 liters per 5 minutes and Faucet B flows at a rate of 100 liters per 4 minutes into an empty pool. How many minutes do the two faucets take to fill a pool with 9,000 liters of water?

Answer 1

It will take both faucets 200 minutes to fill a pool with 9,000 liters of water

Explanation:

Here, we want to know the time it will take for both faucets to fill a pool with 9,000 liters of water

What we need here is to have a joint rate for both faucets;

For the first faucet, we have a rate of 100 liters per 5 minutes so this means in a minute;

100/5 = 20 liters per minute

For the second faucet, the per minute rate will be 100/4 = 25 liters per minute

So therefore, the joint rate will be;

25 liters per minute + 20 liters per minute = 45 liters per minute

So the time needed to fill 9,000 liters of water in a pool will be ;

9000 liters/ 45 liters per minute = 200 minutes