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It takes Sam h hours to rake the yard, and it takes Emma k hours to rake the yard, where h > k. Let t be the amount of time it takes Sam and Emma to rake the yard working together. Is t less than k, between k and h, or greater than k?
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document.write( "Since h > k, Emma is the faster raker, and she can rake the\r\n" );
document.write( "yard in only k hours by herself. Therefore when Sam helps \r\n" );
document.write( "her out, the yard will be raked is even less time than the \r\n" );
document.write( "k hours it would take her alone, so t < k.\r\n" );
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