document.write( "Question 446642: Nicole and Stand share a newspaper route. Nicole can deliver papers 3 times faster then Stan. If they work together it takes them one hour. How long will it take to deliver the papers alone? \n" ); document.write( "
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Nicole and Stan share a newspaper route.
\n" ); document.write( "Nicole can deliver papers 3 times faster then Stan.
\n" ); document.write( "If they work together it takes them one hour.
\n" ); document.write( "How long will it take to deliver the papers alone?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let Stan's time = 3x hrs/job ; then his rate = 1/3x job/hr
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\n" ); document.write( "Nicole's time = x hrs/job ; then her rate = 1/x job/hr.
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\n" ); document.write( "Together time = 1 hr/job ; their rate = 1 job/hr
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "rate + rate = 1
\n" ); document.write( "1/(3x) + 1/x = 1
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\n" ); document.write( "Multiply thru by 3x:
\n" ); document.write( "1 + 3 = 3x
\n" ); document.write( "4 = 3x
\n" ); document.write( "x = (4/3) hr or 1hr 20 min (time for Nicole to do the job alone)
\n" ); document.write( "3x = 4 hr (time for Stan to do the job alone)
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\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
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