document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1039208>Question 1039208</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8men and 12boy can finish a piece of work in 5 day  while 6men and 8boy can finish it in 7 day. Find the time taken by 1men and 1 boy alone </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #653948 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=653948\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> This is the same as any work rates problem;  RT=W to relate rate, time, amount of work.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your description uses different amounts of workers of different types, and each one worker has its own rate.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "8men and 12boy can finish a piece of work in 5 day  while 6men and 8boy can finish it in 7 day. Find the time taken by 1men and 1 boy alone \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eight men and 12 boys can finish a piece of work in 5 days,  while 6 men and 8 boys can finish it in 7 days. Find the time taken by 1 man and 1 boy alone. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The amount of work in those two parts is  1, of whatever unit is this work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Let r be the work rate for one man and let B be the work rate for one boy.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Rate of workers acting together is the addition of all their individual rates.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "This is the basic system of equations according to the description:<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=system%28%288r%2B12B%295=1%2C%286r%2B8B%297=1%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"system%28%288r%2B12B%295=1%2C%286r%2B8B%297=1%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you understand, and then do the rest  (arithmetic)? </SPAN>\n" );
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