John is trying to drain a swimming pool. he has two pumps, but he can only use one at a time. he knows that the time a pump takes to drain the pool varies inversely with the power in watts of the pump. his old pump is a 40 watt pump, and it can drain the pool in 5 hours. how long would the job take if he uses his new 100 watt pump?

Answer this two poles, ab and ed, are fixed to the ground with the of ropes ac and ec, as shown: two right triangles abc and edc have a common vertex c. angle abc and edc are right angles. ab is labeled 13 feet, ac is labeled 15 feet, ec is labeled 10 feet, and ed is labeled 4 feet. what is the approximate distance, in feet, between the two poles? 11.14 feet16.65 feet14.35 feet15.59 feet