document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=823414>Question 823414</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two workers: A and B can work together in 8 hours, and worker B can work in 12<BR>\n" );
document.write( "hours alone. How long worker B will take for same work, while working alone at the<BR>\n" );
document.write( "same rate? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "hours alone. How long worker A will take for same work, while working alone at the same rate?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Together rate: 1/8 job/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B worker rate: 1/12 job/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A worker rate: 1/x job/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate + rate = together rate<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/x + 1/12 = 1/8<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12*8 + 8x = 12x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x = 12*8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 24 hrs. (time for A to do the job alone)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Cheers,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Stan H.<BR>\n" );
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