document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=940286>Question 940286</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> two roads crew working together repaired 1 mile of the road in four hours. working separately one of the crews takes about six hours to repair a similar road. how long would it take the other crew working alone to repair a similar Road? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " working separately one of the crews takes about six hours to repair a similar road.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " how long would it take the other crew working alone to repair a similar Road?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let t = time required by the \"other crew\" to do the job<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let the completed job = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2Ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2Ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each crew does a fraction of the job, the two fractions add up to 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply equation by 6t, cancel the denominators and you have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4t + 6(4) = 6t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 = 6t - 4t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "24 = 2t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 24/2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 12 hrs for the other crew to do the job<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F12 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F12\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "reduce fractions<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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