document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=150560>Question 150560</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Janet and Carl decorate cakes in a bakery. Janet can decorate a cake every 0.24 hour and Carl can decorate a cake every 0.33 hour. If they work together, at what rate are they decorating cakes?  Round to the nearest tenth of a cake per hour.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = how long it take for them to decorate a cake together;<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let a completed cake = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F.24 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F.24\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F.33 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F.33\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply equation by .24*.33 which is .0792<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".33t + .24t = .0792<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".57t = .0792<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=.0792%2F.57 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\".0792%2F.57\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = .13895 hr per cake (both working)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "That's a rate of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F.13895 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F.13895\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 7.2 cakes per hour </SPAN>\n" );
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