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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Barn painting. Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in x days. Her helper Melissa can paint the same barn by<BR>\n" );
document.write( "herself in 2x days. Write a rational expression for the fraction<BR>\n" );
document.write( "of the barn that they complete in one day by working<BR>\n" );
document.write( "together. Evaluate the expression for x = 5. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "for x=5 __ <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F%282%2A5%29+=+3%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F%282%2A5%29+=+3%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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