document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1042729>Question 1042729</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Hasan can do a job twice as fast as Jawed. Sameer can do a job as fast as Hasan and Jawed working together. If a certain job is completed in 4.5 hours by Jawed, how long it would take sameer to complete the same job?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "A. 0.5 hour <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. 1 Hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 1.5 Hours <BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 2 Hours </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Hasan DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = x hrs/job ; rate = 1/x job/hr<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Jawed DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "time = 2x hrs/job ; rate = 1/(2x) job/hr<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sameer DATA:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "rate = (1/x)+(1/2x) = (2x+x)/2x^2 = 3x/2x^2 = 3/(2x)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Equation:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If a certain job is completed in 4.5 hours by Jawed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5(1/(2x)) = 1 job<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2x = 4.5<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 2.25<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Sameer time = 1/rate = (2x/3) = 2(2.25)/3 = 4.5/3 = 1.5 hrs<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A. 0.5 hour <BR>\n" );
document.write( "B. 1 Hour<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C. 1.5 Hours <BR>\n" );
document.write( "D. 2 Hours  </SPAN>\n" );
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