document.write( "Question 1160618: At 10am Danny is asked by his father to weed the garden. From past experience, Danny knows that this will take him 4 hours, working alone. His older brother Mike, when it is his turn to do this job, requires 6 hours. Since Mike wants to go golfing with Danny and has a reservation for 1 pm, he agrees to help Danny. Assuming no gain or loss of efficiency, when will they finish if they worked together? Can they make the golf date? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Danny's rate of work is  \"1%2F4\"  of the job per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Mike's rate of work is  \"1%2F6\"  of the job per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Their combined rate of work is  \"1%2F4\" + \"1%2F6\" = \"3%2F12\" + \"2%2F12\" = \"5%2F12\"  of the job per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that they will complete a job  in  \"12%2F5\" hours = 2 and \"2%2F5\" hours = 2 hours and 24 minutes.\r\n" );
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document.write( "So, if they start at 10 am, they will complete the job at 24 minutes after noon.\r\n" );
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