document.write( "Question 314049: One person can do a job in 8 hours. a second person can do it in 12 hours. if the first peron works 2 hours less than the second, how many hours will it take them working together?\r
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the second person works 2 hr MORE and completes 1/6 (2/12) of the job on their own
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "let x= time working together ___ they each complete some fraction of the job based on their individual times\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "(x / 8) + (x / 12) = 5/6\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "this could also be written as a single step ___ (x / 8) + [(x+2) / 12] = 1\r
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