document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=903013>Question 903013</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Working together, a man and a woman can do the job for 8 hours. If either had to do it alone, it would take a woman 2 hours longer than a man. How long would it take either person working alone? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #547649 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><B>ewatrrr(24785)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=ewatrrr><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=ewatrrr><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=547649\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2Fx+%2B+1%2F%28x%2B2%29+=+1%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2Fx+%2B+1%2F%28x%2B2%29+=+1%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > |Multiplying thru by 8x(x+2) so as all denominators = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( " 8(x+2) + 8x = x(x+2)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x^2 -14x - 14 = 0 (Toss out the negative solution for unit measure)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( " <TR><TD  ALIGN=MIDDLE>Solved by <A  rel=nofollow HREF=http://wiki.algebra.com/index.php/Tutoring_-_pluggable_solvers>pluggable</A> solver: <A  rel=nofollow HREF=quadratic.solver>SOLVE quadratic equation with variable</A></TD></TR>\n" );
document.write( "<TR><TD  ALIGN=LEFT>Quadratic equation <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"ax%5E2%2Bbx%2Bc=0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > (in our case <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-14x%2B-14+=+0 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-14x%2B-14+=+0\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >) has the following solutons:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B12%5D+=+%28b%2B-sqrt%28+b%5E2-4ac+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  For these solutions to exist, the <U>discriminant</U> <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > should not be a negative number.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  First, we need to compute the discriminant <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=b%5E2-4ac=%28-14%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-14=252 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"b%5E2-4ac=%28-14%29%5E2-4%2A1%2A-14=252\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "  Discriminant d=252 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--14%2B-sqrt%28+252+%29%29%2F2%5Ca ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"+x%5B12%5D+=+%28--14%2B-sqrt%28+252+%29%29%2F2%5Ca\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-14%29%2Bsqrt%28+252+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+14.9372539331938 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B1%5D+=+%28-%28-14%29%2Bsqrt%28+252+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+14.9372539331938\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-14%29-sqrt%28+252+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-0.937253933193772 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"x%5B2%5D+=+%28-%28-14%29-sqrt%28+252+%29%29%2F2%5C1+=+-0.937253933193772\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "    Quadratic expression <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-14x%2B-14 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-14x%2B-14\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > can be factored:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1x%5E2%2B-14x%2B-14+=+1%28x-14.9372539331938%29%2A%28x--0.937253933193772%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1x%5E2%2B-14x%2B-14+=+1%28x-14.9372539331938%29%2A%28x--0.937253933193772%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "  Again, the answer is: 14.9372539331938, -0.937253933193772.\n" );
document.write( "Here's your graph:<BR>\n" );
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