document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1157385>Question 1157385</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Two salesmen are visiting houses to sell vacuum cleaners. Together, they can stop at every house in a neighborhood in 2 days, but one salesman covers twice as many houses as the other. If they work together for one day, how long will the slower salesman take to finish the neighborhood? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The faster salesman works twice as fast as the slower, so when they work together the faster salesman does 2/3 of the work and the slower salesman does 1/3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Together they can finish the job in 2 days; so in the 1 day they work together they do half of the job.  Of the work done that day, the slower salesman does 1/3 of it.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "An equal amount of work remains to be done by the slower salesman alone; and we know he can do 1/3 of that amount of work in 1 day.  So it will take him 3 days to finish the job.<br><BR>\n" );
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