document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=738575>Question 738575</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It takes sasha and miranda 8 hours to clean a house.  It would take miranda 12 more hours than sasha to clean the house alone.  How long will it take sasha to ckean the house?? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #450862 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><B>mananth(16946)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=mananth><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=mananth><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=450862\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> let sasha take x hours to clean the house. which is 1 job\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so she does 1/x of the job in 1 hour\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Miranda takes x+12 hours to do the job<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so 1/(x+12) of the job is done in 1 hour\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to complete the job they will take <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28x%28x%2B12%29%29%2F%282x%2B12%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28x%28x%2B12%29%29%2F%282x%2B12%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "rearrange\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(x-12)(x+8)=0\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=12 OR x=-8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Ignore negative\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x= 12 hours --------- sasha's time to complete the job alone\r<BR>\n" );
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