document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=762230>Question 762230</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Tommy can paint a fence in 9 hours. If his friend Huck helps, they can paint the fence in 1 hour. How fast could Huck paint the fence by himself? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #463783 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=463783\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Uniform rate, and the rate of each person when working together is additive using their rates.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tommy:  1 job per 9 hours, rate is 1/9 jobs per hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Huck:  1/t jobs per hour, we do not know this t.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Tommy+Huck: 1 job per hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Look carefully that the units used here are as JOBS PER HOUR, where 1 job means, \"paint the fence\".\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Rates of each are additive, as already said.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find t. </SPAN>\n" );
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