document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=979565>Question 979565</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A,B can do a piece of work 6,8 hours respectively.If they work for a day alternatively.Suppose A beginning the work,in how many days work will be completed?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "i think answer is 6 ³/2.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "please explain this question. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #600848 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><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/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=600848\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Your description might be better understood as, \"A and B working independently and not at the same time on the same job, take 6 and 8 hours respectively\".  They can still work \"ALTERNATELY\" on a task.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "WORKER________RATE, job/hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A_____________1/6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "B_____________1/8\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now, the rest of the description gives A and B working in alternation.  Each is working on the job separately, not simultaneously.  We could try making calculation at a very low level.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(1/6)*1+(1/8)*1+(1/6)*1+(1/8)*1+....=1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try maybe using a variable for the number of day that EACH may possibly work alone, although the true result could be non-whole.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Say like, A and B each works x days.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Try to now go back to the lowest day to day level.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "First let A work for 3 days and B work for 3 days, knowing that A and B never work on the same day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This way, three days for A and three days for B, done in alternation,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "completes only <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=7%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"7%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the job, and the work began with worker A.  B worked last, so A does ONE MORE day...<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "This then is slightly MORE THAN 1 JOB.  \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let me just summarize as much as to say, A will work for 4 days, and then B will have worked 3 days, plus most of the last day but not all of it. </SPAN>\n" );
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