document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012955>Question 1012955</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> : To complete a work 'A' takes 50% more time than 'B'. If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time will 'B' take to do it?  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " If together they take 18 days to complete the work, how much time will 'B' take to do it? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "let b = time required by B to do the job<BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"To complete a work 'A' takes 50% more time than 'B'\"; therefore<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5b = Time required by A to do the job<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the completed job = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Each will do a fraction of the job, the two fractions add up to 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F%281.5b%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F%281.5b%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2Fb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2Fb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Get rid of the fractions, multiply equation by 3b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3b*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F%281.5b%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F%281.5b%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 3b*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2Fb ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2Fb\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 3b(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2(18) + 3(18) = 3b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36 + 54 = 3b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "90 = 3b<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 90/3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b = 30 hrs required by B to do the job alone<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Check this<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F%281.5%2A30%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F%281.5%2A30%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F45 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F45\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=18%2F30 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"18%2F30\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "using a calc<BR>\n" );
document.write( ".4 + .6 = 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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