One inlet pipe can fill an empty pool in 8 hours, and a drain can empty the pool in 16 hours. How long will it take the pipe to fill the pool if the drain is left open?
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One inlet pipe can fill an empty pool in 8 hours, and a drain can empty the pool in 16 hours. How long will it take the pipe to fill the pool if the drain is left open?
Using tt as your variable to represent the time it takes to fill the pool, write an equation using the information provided above that can be used to solve this problem.
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It will take hours
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