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represents the amount of time taken by Mr. Fernwell working alone, then this is half as much time as

, the amount of time taken by Nurlmann working alone. Since working together they take 6 hours, we note that they can do

of the job in one hour. Further, working alone, Mr. Fernwell can do one

of the job in one hour while Nurlmann would do only

of the job in one hour. So:\r
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