document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=794705>Question 794705</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> tom can paint a fence in 8 hours. Huck can paint the same fence in 5 hours. How long would it take to put two coats of paint on the fence if Tom and Huck work together? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "to paint the fence twice<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Also, that is the same as painting<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2 identical fences<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Tom's rate is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+1%2F8+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+1%2F8+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = ( 1 fence ) / ( 8 hrs )<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Huck's rate is:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+1%2F5+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+1%2F5+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = ( 1 fence ) / ( 5 hrs )<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+t+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+t+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = the time in hrs for them<BR>\n" );
document.write( "to paint 2 fences<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+2%2Ft+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+2%2Ft+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = ( 2 fences ) / ( t hrs )<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+1%2F8+%2B+1%2F5+=+2%2Ft+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+1%2F8+%2B+1%2F5+=+2%2Ft+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply both sides by <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+40t+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+40t+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+5t+%2B+8t+=+80+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+5t+%2B+8t+=+80+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+13t+=+80+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+13t+=+80+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+t+=+6.154+ ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+t+=+6.154+\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It will take them 6.154 hrs\r<BR>\n" );
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