document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=246801>Question 246801</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours and John can paint the same house in 6 hours, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The furthest I can get is the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Sally 4 hours/house = John 6 hours/house\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I have no idea where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "thanks,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Carrie </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Use this method to solve all of these sorts of problems.  Just plug in your numbers and do the arithmetic.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If A can do a job in <i>x</i> time periods, then A can do <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{1}{x}\"> of the job in 1 time period.  Likewise, if B can do the same job in <i>y</i> time periods, then B can do <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \frac{1}{y}\"> of the job in 1 time period.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, working together, they can do\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  \frac{1}{x}\ +\ \frac{1}{y} = \frac{x + y}{xy} \">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "of the job in 1 time period.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore, they can do the whole job in:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "time periods.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "John<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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