document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=822041>Question 822041</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> a goat eats 214 kg of hay in 60 days, while a cow eats the same amount in 15 days. In how many days would they eat 214 kg of hay together.   </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #494563 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=494563\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> View the rates as kilograms of hay per day.  The rates of the goat and the cow are additive simply.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Goat rate + cow rate = combined rate of goat and cow.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=214%2F60%2B214%2F15=C ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"214%2F60%2B214%2F15=C\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, letting C = their combined rate in kilograms per day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=214%2F60%2B%28214%2F15%29%284%2F4%29=214%2F60%2B856%2F60=1070%2F60=107%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"214%2F60%2B%28214%2F15%29%284%2F4%29=214%2F60%2B856%2F60=1070%2F60=107%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, kilograms per day.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This also means, 107 kilograms in 6 days.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "How many days, d, for both together to eat 214 kilograms of hay?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=d=214%286%2F107%29=12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"d=214%286%2F107%29=12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > days. </SPAN>\n" );
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