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document.write( "accountant A can balance books twice as fast as accountant B. Together it takes 6 hours to complete a job. How long would it take A to complete the job alone?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let time of B be \"2x\" hrs.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then time of A is \"x\" hrs.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x+2x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=2 hrs (time for A to do the job)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x=4 hrs (time for B to do the job)\r<BR>\n" );
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