document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=883606>Question 883606</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I only need this setup and the find statement, you do not have to solve the problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A man and his wife usually drink a keg of beer in 12 days. They found by frequent experience that when his wife was absent the man drank it in 20 days. In how many days will the wife alone drink it?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Set up: 1 keg of beer in 12 days—man and wife<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 1 keg of beer in 20 days –man alone\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Find the number of days that it take the wife to drink 1 keg of beer alone. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #533631 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</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=533631\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Keep going!   You have descriptions for two rates and almost have them in number symbolism.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Man & Wife, <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > keg/day<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Man alone,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F20 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F20\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > keg/day\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The sum of their individual rates is the Man-plus-Wife combined rate.  You just do not yet know the wife's rate.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let w = rate of drinking for the wife alone, keg/day.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve for w.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Note that w will be a fraction.  Taking the inverse of w will then be the DAYS per 1 KEG drink rate for the wife. </SPAN>\n" );
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