document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1030927>Question 1030927</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 40 men can complete a work in 40 days. they started the work together. but at the end of each 10th day 5men left the job the work would have been completed in </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #645661 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39620)</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=645661\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The question is not clear; but still what is unknown in the description can be solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "First sentence:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%2Ar%2A40=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%2Ar%2A40=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, because the rate for the fourty men is <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40r ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40r\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, and the ONE \"work\" would be done in 40 days.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "What should be the second sentence composed of two periods of time:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40r%2A10%2B%2840-5%29r%2Ax=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40r%2A10%2B%2840-5%29r%2Ax=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, because the men working in the two time periods of 10 days and x days would do ONE \"work\".  Notice the <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40-5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40-5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > for the number of workers for the time period of x days.  That is 35 men working for x days.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve this equation for x.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight_green%28x=%281-400r%29%2F%2835r%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight_green%28x=%281-400r%29%2F%2835r%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-------very important but not yet the finished formula.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The question to ask should be like,  how many days after the 5 men leave the group do the remaining men finish the job?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Look at the first equation now.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=40%5E2%2Ar=1 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"40%5E2%2Ar=1\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=r=1%2F1600 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"r=1%2F1600\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >-------this is the ONE MAN work rate.   Substitute this into the green-outlined formula for x.  Evaluate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Looks like <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=34%262%2F7%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=34%262%2F7%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >, a fraction of a day more than 34 days. </SPAN>\n" );
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