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Nancy has 2 printers available to her. Together, the 2 printers can print a document in 9 min. The Epson Stylus 850 can print the document in 12 minutes working by itself. How long would it take her EPson Stylus 500 to print the document working by itself?
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\n" ); document.write( "Together rate: 1/9 job/min
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\n" ); document.write( "E850 rate: 1/12 job/min
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\n" ); document.write( "E500 rate: 1/x job/min
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "rate + rate = together rate
\n" ); document.write( "1/12 + 1/x = 1/9
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply thru by 36x to get:
\n" ); document.write( "3x + 36 = 4x
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 36 min (time required for the E500 to do the job alone)
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