Question: 2. A surgical suction device has a large pump and a small pump. The small pump, working alone, takes 1.7 seconds longer to suction a

 2. A surgical suction device has a large pump and a

2. A surgical suction device has a large pump and a small pump. The small pump, working alone, takes 1.7 seconds longer to suction a wound than the large pump working alone. If both pumps are working, they can suction the wound in 2 seconds. Find the time it takes each individual pump to suction t wound. Use the quadratic formula to solve the resulting quadratic equation. Round to the nearest tenth of a second. Use Let-Given-Find-Then statements [8 marks]

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