document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=889518>Question 889518</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Homer and Mike were replacing the boards on Mike's old deck. Mike can do the job alone in 1 hour less time than Homer. They worked together for 3 hours until Homer had to go home. Mike finished the job working by himself in an additional 3 hours. How long would it have taken Homer to fix the deck himself?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It will take Homer appropriately ___ hours ____ minutes to fix the deck by himself.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(Round to the nearest minute as needed).  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Homer, 1/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Mike, 1/(x-1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=time for Homer alone to do the one job.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>They worked together for 3 hours</i>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<i>Mike finished the job working by himself in an additional 3 hours.</i>\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Both of those parts make a sum of 1 whole job.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Understanding how this equation is developed is most of the solution.  The solving of the equation is just arithmetic with variable x in it.  Solve for x. </SPAN>\n" );
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