document.write( "Question 1071576: Alan could eat 7 chocolates in 3 minutes and Anil could eat 11 chocolates in 4 minutes. How many minutes would it take them to consume 45 chocolates if Alan started eating 2 minutes before Anil joined in? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Alan's rate is    chocolates per minute.\r\n" );
document.write( "Anil's rate is    chocolates per minute.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Let t be the time counting from the time moment Anil joined Alan.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Then the governing equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( " = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify and solve for t.\r\n" );
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document.write( " = ,\r\n" );
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document.write( " =    --->    = 121  --->  t =  = 7.93442623 minutes.\r\n" );
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