document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1157967>Question 1157967</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It takes an older computer 3 times as long to send out a company's email as it does a newer computer. Working together, it takes the two computers 12 minutes to send out the email. How long will it take the older computer to send out the email on its own?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The older computer takes 3 times as long as the newer computer; so when they work together the new computer does 3/4 of the job and the older computer does 1/4.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "So in completing the job together in 12 minutes, the older computer does 1/4 of the job.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "That means that working alone it would take the older computer 4*12=48 minutes to do the whole job.<br><BR>\n" );
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