document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=169008>Question 169008</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Al can paint a certain house in 10 days and Ben can paint the house in 12 days. How long will it take to paint the house if both men work? \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "for this one I got \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/12+1/10 common dom 120 and 22/120 than simplify to 11/60 so for both men it would take 11 days </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "if it takes x days, then Al's portion is x/10 and Ben's portion is x/12\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "together they do the whole job __ x/10 + x/12 = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiplying by 60 __ 6x + 5x = 60 __ 11x = 60 __ x = 60/11\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "what you found was one day's portion of the job </SPAN>\n" );
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