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document.write( "I like the 5 hours answer, it's amusing.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It's more \"real world\" in that one person alone will work, but it you have 2 people, they're likely to occupy each other's time and the job will take longer.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use a shortcut for these problems, product/sum<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 4*6/(4+6) = 24/10<BR>\n" );
document.write( "= 2.4 hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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