document.write( "Question 981632: Felicia can sort a paper in 5 hrs and together Tarance can sort it in 2 hrs so what extent would it take Tarance to sort the same paper alone? Doing Rational Equations but confuse on how to start this one. \n" ); document.write( "
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Felicia can sort a paper in 5 hrs and together Tarance can sort it in 2 hrs so what extent would it take Tarance to sort the same paper alone? Doing Rational Equations but confuse on how to start this one.
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\n" ); document.write( "Relicia DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 5 hrs/job ; rate = 1/5 job/hr
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\n" ); document.write( "Terance DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 2 hrs/job ; rate = 1/2 job/hr
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\n" ); document.write( "Together DATA:
\n" ); document.write( "time = 2 hrs/job ; rate = 1/x job/hr
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\n" ); document.write( "Equation:
\n" ); document.write( "rate + rate = together rate
\n" ); document.write( "1/5 + 1/2 = 1/x
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\n" ); document.write( "2x + 5x = 10
\n" ); document.write( "7x = 10
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\n" ); document.write( "x = 10/7 hrs = 1.4286 hours = 1hr 25min 42sec (time to do the job together)
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