document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1163804>Question 1163804</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A and B make widgets. A and B together can finish making them in 24 days. A alone works for 16 days, then B alone works for 12 days. The rest of the widgets are 2/5 of the total. A makes 3 more widgets than B per day. How many widgets need to be made in total? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let x be the number of widgets produced each day by B; then the number produced by A each day is x+3.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A and B together can do the whole job in 24 days.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "A working 16 days, and B working 12 days, can do 3/5 of the job (because 2/5 of the job remains to be done).<br><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "B produces 6 widgets a day; A produces 9.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Together in a day they produce 15 widgets.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Together they complete the job in 24 days, so the number of widgets is 24*15 = 360.<br><BR>\n" );
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