document.write( "Question 984393: Alonzo can clean up a restaurant he works at in 4 hours. Together Alonzo and Tim can clean up the restaurant in one and one-half hours. How long would it take Tim to clean up the restaurant alone?\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "If A can do a job in

hours, then A can do

of the job in 1 hour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Likewise, if A and B can do a job in

hours, A and B can do

of the job in 1 hour.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The fraction of the job that B could do by himself in one hour is then

. And then B can do the whole job in the reciprocal of that number.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it\r
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