The Brooks family and the Kim family both used their sprinklers last summer. The water output rate for the Brooks family sprinkler was 40 L per hour. The water output rate for the Kim family sprinkler was 30 L per hour. The families used their sprinklers for a combined total of 55 hours, resulting in a total output of 1900 L. How long was the sprinkler used.

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Step-by-step explanation:

Let B be the time the Brooks sprinklers were on, and K be that of the Kims'. Then:

B + K=55

40B + 30K=1900

Solve for B and K ....................

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