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Help Me You Scholars
Topic Started: Feb 11 2007, 05:43 PM (252 Views)
+Kaze	Feb 11 2007, 05:43 PM Post #1
JDM > USDM Posts: 2,883 Group: Elite Member Member #236 Joined: August 1, 2005	So you scholars may you please help me..practicing advanced algebra for a placement test for auniversity..anyways..i'm kinda stuck on a problem and it's been annoying me for a quite a while.. Anyway the problem is Jim can fill a pool carrying bucks of water in 30 minutes. Sue can do the same job in 45 minutes. Tony can do the same job in 1 ½ hours. How quickly can all three fill the pool together? Any Help



+HyperSniper	Feb 11 2007, 05:54 PM Post #2
BOOM! HEADSHOT! Posts: 1,878 Group: Elite Member Member #723 Joined: January 8, 2006	All right. I'll help you. As the Smartest person on this board it is my duty to help those in need of intellectual assistance. What I did first is to give the pool a value, how many buckets it will take to fill it up. I picked 90 (because 30, 45, and 90 both go into 90 evenly). So.... divide 90 by 30, 45, and 90, and you get 3, 2, and 1 So douche bag number one can do 3 buckets a minute, douche bag two can do 2 buckets a minute, and douche bag three can do 1 bucket a minute. So, you combine the efforts of all the douche bags into one giant bag of doucheness and every minute they fill the thing with 3+2+1=6 buckets of water. 90/6= 15 minutes ROFL PWND.



+Kitzutsuita	Feb 11 2007, 06:51 PM Post #3
.-\|-. Posts: 8,668 Group: Elite Member Member #58 Joined: July 12, 2005	What a dumb ass HS. 3+2+1= 6 90/6 = 15 minutes.. stupid..



+HyperSniper	Feb 11 2007, 07:07 PM Post #4
BOOM! HEADSHOT! Posts: 1,878 Group: Elite Member Member #723 Joined: January 8, 2006	omfg. I just got out did by Quan. I concede to his superior addition skills. *Post also edited I guess that's what I get for not writing this thing down....



+Kitzutsuita	Feb 11 2007, 07:09 PM Post #5
.-\|-. Posts: 8,668 Group: Elite Member Member #58 Joined: July 12, 2005	No, it's just what you get for calling other dumb and calling yourself smart, HS. It backfired, didn't it? buwahahahahaha



+HyperSniper	Feb 11 2007, 07:11 PM Post #6
BOOM! HEADSHOT! Posts: 1,878 Group: Elite Member Member #723 Joined: January 8, 2006	Kitzutsuita Feb 11 2007, 06:09 PM No, it's just what you get for calling other dumb and calling yourself smart, HS. It backfired, didn't it? buwahahahahaha Hey, I still did the whole damn problem, I just messed up on adding... I didn't call anyone dumb. Oh well. Feel free to quote me on 3+2+1=4.



+Kaze	Feb 11 2007, 08:00 PM Post #7
JDM > USDM Posts: 2,883 Group: Elite Member Member #236 Joined: August 1, 2005	Hmm..never thought about the filling up pool thing. Thanks. Now this...If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together? ack...i understood how you guys did the pool one but this is another one i just..am stuck on. Sally can paint 3 houses in 12 hours John can paint 2 Houses in 12 hours 3+2 = 5 12/5 = 2.4 hours.. so... 2 hr 15 min? 40 percent of 60 minutes is..ok i got it. Nvm Thanks anyways 2 hr 24 min This may be closed



your favorite nightmare	Feb 11 2007, 08:10 PM Post #8
Professionally Evil Member Posts: 8,226 Group: Members Member #24 Joined: July 8, 2005	6+10 / 2 = 5/2 = 2.5



+HyperSniper	Feb 11 2007, 08:11 PM Post #9
BOOM! HEADSHOT! Posts: 1,878 Group: Elite Member Member #723 Joined: January 8, 2006	Kaze Feb 11 2007, 07:00 PM Hmm..never thought about the filling up pool thing. Thanks. Now this...If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together? ack...i understood how you guys did the pool one but this is another one i just..am stuck on. Well, you can use the same concept. This is an algebra test, so you can just arbitrarily pick values for this type of problem so you can get it to work. All right, let's say the house is 24 square feet. (4x6=24, small house) So Sally can paint at a rate of 6 square feet an hour and John can go at 4 square feet an hour, together they go at 10 square feet an hour (damn, they're slow. Unless she's painting a mural or something...). So..... 24/10 is 2.4 hours. Or Two hours and 24 minutes. oh... I see you got it yourself. Quote: 6+10 / 2 = 5/2 = 2.5 I think that 16/2=8 not 5/2.



your favorite nightmare	Feb 11 2007, 08:22 PM Post #10
Professionally Evil Member Posts: 8,226 Group: Members Member #24 Joined: July 8, 2005	I did the other one. XD



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