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document.write( "If paul takes 10hours to paint a house , and wiliam takes 5 hours to paint the same house. how much time it will take them to paint the house if they work together ??? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Paul's rate: 1/10 job/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "William's rate: 1/5 job/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Together rate: 1/x job/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate + rate = together rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/10 + 1/5 = 1/x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Multiply thru by 10x:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 2x = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3x = 10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 3 1/3 hrs = 3 hr 20 min (time to do the job together)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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