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PROBLEM #18: A pump can fill up a tank in 18 hours. Another pump can do it in 15 hours. How long will it take
for both pumps together to fill up the tank? *
1 point
a. 8.26 hrs
b. 14.7 hrs
c. 8.35 hrs
d. 8.18 hrs
PROBLEM #19: 2000 kg of steel containing 12 % nickel is to be made by mixing a steel containing 18 % nickel
with another steel containing 7% nickel. How much of the steel 18 % nickel is needed? *
1 point
a. 1371.87 kg
b. 955.73 kg
c. 909.09 kg
d. 1366.33 kg
PROBLEM #20: In a quadratic equation problem, one student made a mistake in copying the coefficient of x and
got a root of 5 and -4. Another student made a mistake in copying the constant term and got a root of 4and -5.
Which is one of the correct roots? *
1 point
a. 6
b. 9
c. 5
d. 4