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document.write( "3 times faster means it takes 1/4 as long, or j takes 4 times as long.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c takes t hours means c does 1/t of the job per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "j takes 4t hours means j does 1/4t per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Toghether, 1/t + 1/4t = 5/4t of the job per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "--> 4t/5 hours together.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "PS  3 times faster is 4 times as fast. If someone says it's 3 times as fast, ask how much faster is \"1 times faster?\"  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If 1 times faster is 1x the speed, why would it say \"faster?\"\r<BR>\n" );
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