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\n" ); document.write( "It takes Eugene 11 hours to pick 40 bushels of apples. Jasmine can pick the same amount in 8 hours. How long would it take them if they worked together
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It's the SAME JOB each is doing, so 40 bushels is considered A JOB, or 1 JOB
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document.write( "Eugene does  of the job in 1 hour, and Jasmine does  of the job in 1 hour
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document.write( "Let time both take, working together, be T
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document.write( "Therefore, we get: 
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document.write( "8T + 11T = 88
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document.write( "19T = 88
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document.write( "T, or time both take =  \n" );
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