document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1140424>Question 1140424</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton, Mike Mulligan can dig a cellar in just one day with his steam shovel Mary Anne.  A diesel-powered excavator can dig the same hole in half a day.  How long would it take to dig the hole if both machines worked together? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton, Mike Mulligan can dig a cellar in just one day with his steam shovel Mary Anne. <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "WHAT?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A diesel-powered excavator can dig the same hole in half a day. How long would it take to dig the hole if both machines worked together?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Maybe this all means that the first, whatever can do the job alone in 1 day, and the \"diesel excavator\" can do the job alone in <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > day.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F%281%2F1%2B1%2F%281%2F2%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F%281%2F1%2B1%2F%281%2F2%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=days ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"days\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplify that. </SPAN>\n" );
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