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Rational Expressions · Superchallenge problem

A tank starts empty. An inlet pipe (which alone fills the tank in 33 hours) is left running the whole time, but a drain (which alone empties a full tank in 55 hours) is accidentally left open for the first hour only, then shut. How long, in total, until the tank is full?