document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=806577>Question 806577</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Stan and Hilda can mow a lawn in 40 minutes if they work together. If Stan takes twice as long to mow the lawn as Hilda when working alone, how long does it take each to move the lawn alone?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "-Laureen Horan </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #485907 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=485907\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Stan and Hilda can mow a lawn in 40 minutes if they work together. If Stan takes twice as long to mow the lawn as Hilda when working alone, how long does it take each to move the lawn alone?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let hild take x hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so she does 1/x of the job in 1 hour\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Stan does the job in 2x hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so he does 1/2x of the job in 1 hour\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "together they do the job in 40/60 - 2/3 hours\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "so they do 3/2 of the job in 1 hour\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1/x + 1/2x = 3/2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "multiply equation by 2x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "2+1=3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3=3x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Hild can do the job alone in 1 hour\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "stan in 2 hours </SPAN>\n" );
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