document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=371318>Question 371318</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A panda can eat the leaves from a certain bamboo stem in 14 minutes.  Together, two pandas could eat the leaves from that same stem in 9 minutes. how long would it take the second panda to eat the leaves from the stem by itself? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x = the number of minutes it would take the second panda to eat the leaves from the stem by itself\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/14 + 1/x = 1/9\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       1/x = 1/9 - 1/14<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       1/x = (14 - 9)/126<BR>\n" );
document.write( "       1/x = 5/126<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         x = 126/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "         x = 25.2 </SPAN>\n" );
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