document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=50121>Question 50121</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Sorry to bother you but I cant seem to understand how I am suppose to solve this problem. Mr. Berg who works twice as fast as Mr. Slocum, received an hourly rate of pay 1 and 1/2 times as much as Mr.Slocum. An efficieny expert calculates that an article produced by Mr. Berg has a labor cost of 12 cents. What is the labor cost, in cents of an article produced by Mr. Slocum?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I got the fact that B=3/2S and that B=1/2S but i dont noe how to use that to find out the labor cost. please help. thank you </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #33295 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><B>stanbon(75887)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=stanbon><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=33295\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Assume Berg took one hour to produce his article and he received 12 cents for his effort.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Solocum would have taken twice as long or two hours but his rate of pay would<BR>\n" );
document.write( "have been 2/3 of Berg's per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Berg got 12 cents/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slocum would get 8 cents per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "But he would work for two hours.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Slocum's labor cost would be 16 cents for the same amount of work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H. </SPAN>\n" );
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