document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=967825>Question 967825</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If you can paint a fence in 3 hours, and your friend can paint the same fence in 2 hours, how long will it take if you worked together? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "let = time required when working together<BR>\n" );
document.write( "let the completed job = 1 (a fully painted fence)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Each will do a fraction of the fence, the 2 fractions add up to 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 6, cancel the denominators:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2t + 3t = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5t = 6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 6/5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 1.2 hrs working together </SPAN>\n" );
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