document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=420854>Question 420854</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One copy machine copies twice as fast as another. If both copiers work together, they can finish a particular job in two hours. How long would it take the slower copier to complete the job working alone? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If both copiers work together, they can finish a particular job in two hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " How long would it take the slower copier to complete the job working alone?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = time for the slower machine to do the job<BR>\n" );
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document.write( ".5t = time required by the faster machine<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the completed job = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A typical shared work equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F%28.5t%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F%28.5t%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2Ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2Ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply thru by .5t, results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 + .5(2) = .5t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3 = .5t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 6 hrs the slow one alone<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if that is true<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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