document.write( "Question 944412: mike can do a job alone in 1 hour less than homer, together they work 3 hours, homer goes home, mike works an additional 4 hours, how long would it take homer to do the job by himself. \n" ); document.write( "

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Uniform Rates, RT=J using J for amount of job.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "Mike, $\"1%2F%28x-1%29\"$
\n" ); document.write( "Homer, $\"1%2Fx\"$
\n" ); document.write( "x, how much time for Homer to do 1 job.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The description gives two terms for rate times time to be summed.
\n" ); document.write( " $\"%281%2F%28x-1%29%2B1%2Fx%29%2A3%2B%281%2F%28x-1%29%294=1\"$ ;
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