document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=313741>Question 313741</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> please help i keep getting stuck =(    please show work. thanks.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "pam can build a house in 11 2/3 months and jerry can build a house in 8 3/4 months. if they work together, how long would it take to build the house working together. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "if they work together, how long would it take to build the house working together.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Convert 11 2/3 to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=35%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"35%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Convert 8 3/4 to <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=35%2F4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"35%2F4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = time required if they work together<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the completed job = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A shared work equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F%2835%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F%2835%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F%2835%2F4%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F%2835%2F4%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Invert the dividing fractions and multiply; you have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283t%29%2F35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283t%29%2F35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%284t%29%2F35 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%284t%29%2F35\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 35 to get rid of the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3t + 4t = 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "7t = 35<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=35%2F7 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"35%2F7\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 5 days working together<BR>\n" );
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