document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=807585>Question 807585</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Ben and Jerry want to make some ice cream. Ben can pick the strawberry field by himself in 8 hours but doesn't show up until an hour after Jerry starts picking. They both then work and finish picking the field in another 2 hours. If ben had not shown up and Jerry had to work by himself, how long would it have taken him to pick the field?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "MY work:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ben's rate = 1/8. time= 3 hours?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jerry's rate = 1/x time=2 hours?   to do the job together<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1/8)(3)+1/x(2)=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "an equation has to be made and then plugged back in? charts help me the best <BR>\n" );
document.write( "       Rate of work      Time Worked     Parts of field picked<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Ben<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jerry </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "4 hours </SPAN>\n" );
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