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document.write( "The job takes 9*12 pump-hours = 108 pump-hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "108 pump-hr/8 pumps = 13.5 hours<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "9*12 = 8*t </SPAN>\n" );
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