document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1059112>Question 1059112</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> ) A baker can decorate the day’s cookie<BR>\n" );
document.write( "supply four times as fast as her new assistant. If<BR>\n" );
document.write( "they decorate all the cookies working together in<BR>\n" );
document.write( "20 minutes, how long would it take for each of<BR>\n" );
document.write( "them to decorate the cookies working<BR>\n" );
document.write( "individually?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #674199 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=674199\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Baker takes x minutes, and in 1 minute does 1/x of the cookies<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The assistant takes 4x minutes and in 1 minute does 1/4x of the cookies.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Together, they do it in 20 minutes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "So, 20/x+20/4x=1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply everything by 4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "80+20=4x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4x=100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=25 minutes  ANSWER<BR>\n" );
document.write( "It takes the baker 25 minutes and her assistant 100 minutes.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/25+1/100=4/100+1/100=5/100=1/20; 20 minutes check.<BR>\n" );
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