document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1125204>Question 1125204</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 8 workers working at the same rate can finish some work in 16 days.After working for 4 days,2 workers felt sick and never turned back.How many days did the they take to complete the work? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #741512 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39617)</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=741512\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Say it like this:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Eight workers, each working at the same rate, can finish a quantity of work in 16 days.  After working for 4 days,2 workers felt sick and never returned back.  How many days did the the remaining workers take to complete the work?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "r, the rate of 1 worker<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The two separate numbers of workers for different time quantities, x for the unknown time quantity:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "x=16\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A different try:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "16 more days </SPAN>\n" );
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