document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=58713>Question 58713</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Barn painting.  Melanie can Saint a certain barn by herself in x days.  Her helper Melissa can paint the same barn by herself in 2x days.  Write a rational expression for the fraction of the barn that they complete in one day by working together.  Evaluate the expression for x = 5 </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Melanie DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time = x days/job ; Rate = 1/x job/day<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Melissa DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Time = 2x days/job ; Rate = 1/2x job/day<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Together data:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate= 1/x + 1/2x = 2/2x+1/2x= 3/2x job/day<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "If x=5, Rate = 3/(2*5)=3/10 job in a day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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