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Let x = Andrew's time. Then, express Kent's time in terms of x. Then express Andrew's and Kent's per-hour rates in terms of x. Add these and set them equal to $\"1%2F5\"$ [since, working together they can do $\"1%2F5\"$ of the job in 1 hour.] SOlve for x. \n" ); document.write( "

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