document.write( "Question 1157495: An airplane passenger, Winston, has a few crates of supplies that he will be bringing with him on his adventure into the Amazon. Having years of experience, the airplane's pilot can load his plane by himself in 42 minutes. On the other hand, Winston can load his crates in the plane by himself in 56 minutes. How long will it take both Winston and his pilot to load the crates into the plane working together? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "One can make  \"1%2F42\" of the job per minute, working alone.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The other can make  \"1%2F56\" of the job per minute, working alone.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Working together, they can make  \"1%2F42+%2B+1%2F56\" = \"%2856%2B42%29%2F%2842%2A56%29\" = \"98%2F%286%2A7%2A7%2A8%29\" = \"%2814%2A7%29%2F%286%2A7%2A7%2A8%29\" = \"1%2F24\" of the job per minute.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that they will complete the job in 24 minutes, working together.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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