document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=760150>Question 760150</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How will I go about this problem? help please <BR>\n" );
document.write( "Joe can type one page in 8 minutes. Tyler can type one page in 12 minutes. How long would it take them working together, to type 50 pages?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t=time together<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1=one page typed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t/8=fraction of page typed by Joe in t minutes <BR>\n" );
document.write( "t/12=fraction of page typed by Tyler in t minutes<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 #462463 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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=462463\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two agents are contributing to the same job.  Look at the rate of each in pages per minute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Joe: 1/8 pages per minute.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tyler: 1/12 pages per minute.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They both work together for unknown time, t minutes to type 50 pages.  The rate at which the pages are typed is the combined addition of the two rates.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rate*Time=Pages<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for t. </SPAN>\n" );
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