document.write( "Question 1172307: Working together, Jacob and Brandon can pick forty bushels of apples in 4.95 hours. Had he done it alone it would have taken Brandon 9 hours. Find how long it would take Jacob to do it alone. \n" ); document.write( "
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\n" ); document.write( "Working together, Jacob and Brandon can pick forty bushels of apples in 4.95 hours. Had he done it alone it would have taken Brandon 9 hours. Find how long it would take Jacob to do it alone.
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Let time Jacob takes, alone, be J
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document.write( "Then we get: \"matrix%281%2C3%2C+1%2F4.95%2C+%22=%22%2C+1%2F9+%2B+1%2FJ%29\"
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document.write( "9J = 4.95J + 9(4.95) ------ Multiplying by LCD, 9J(4.95)
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document.write( "9J - 4.95J = 9(4.95)
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document.write( "4.05J = 9(4.95)
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document.write( "Time Jacob takes alone, to do job, or  \n" );
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