document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=470746>Question 470746</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> if John paints a house in 6 hours and ted paints a house in 12 hours, how long will it take if they work together? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #322905 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><B>Alan3354(69443)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Alan3354><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Alan3354><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=322905\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In 1 hour, John can do 1/6 and Ted can do 1/12.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Can you go from there?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I had a problem similar to this in 8th grade algebra.  I worked on it over an entire weekend before I figured out how to do it, and all like it.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Has someone showed me how to do it, I would not have had the experience of solving it myself.  I think that experience was, at least in part, contributed to my better than average abilities in math, and in figuring things out in general.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It's not about getting the answers.<BR>\n" );
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