A tank can be filled by pipe A in 5 hours and by pipe B in 8 hours, each pump working on its own. When the tank is full and a drainage hole is open, the water is drained in 20 hours. If initially the tank was empty and someone started the two pumps together but left the drainage hole open, how long does it take for the tank to be filled

1- what do you think the product of a nonzero rational number and an irrational number is? is it rational or irrational? make use of variables, the closure property of integers, and possibly a proof by contradiction to prove your hypothesis.2- why do we have to specify that the rational number must be nonzero when we determine what the product of a nonzero rational number and an irrational number is? if the rational number were 0, would it give us the same result we found in the first question?

If p(a) = 0.70 and p(b) = 0.20, then a and b are independent events if

In a certain city, the hourly wage of workers on temporary employment contracts is normally distributed. the mean is $15 and the standard deviation is $3. what percentage of temporary workers earn less than $12 per hour? a. 6% b. 16% c. 26% d. 36%