document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=813139>Question 813139</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One person takes 1.5 times as long to rake a lawn as a second person. The two people can rake the lawn together in 30 minutes. Find the time it takes the first person to rake the lawn alone. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " The two people can rake the lawn together in 30 minutes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " Find the time it takes the first person to rake the lawn alone.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let t = time required by the 2nd person to do the job<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "1.5t = time required by the 1st person<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the completed job = 1, (a beautiful leaf-free lawn)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A shared work equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30%2Ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30%2Ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=30%2F%281.5t%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"30%2F%281.5t%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 1.5t, results<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5(30) + 30 = 1.5t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45 + 30 = 1.5t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75 = 1.5t, which is the 1st person's time to do it alone<BR>\n" );
document.write( "75 minutes is the answer </SPAN>\n" );
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