//Chapter 9 Ex 8 clc; clear; close; //let B be closed after x min.Then part filled by(A+B) in x min +part filled by A in (18-x)=1 x=poly(0,'x'); for x=1:10 if ((x*(1/24+1/32))+((18-x)/24))==1 break; end end mprintf("The pipe B should be closed after %d min",x);