document.write( "Question 1175016: jessie and mark are planning to paint the house together. jessie thinks that if he works alone, it would take him 5 hours more than the time mark takes to paint the entire house. working together, they can complete the job in 6 hours.\r
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document.write( "if mark can finish the job in m hours, how long will it take jessie to finish the job?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #800688 by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! jessie and mark are planning to paint the house together. \n" ); document.write( " jessie thinks that if he works alone, it would take him 5 hours more than the time mark takes to paint the entire house. \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "let m = time required by Mark to complete the job (a painted house) \n" ); document.write( "Jessie take 5 hr longer than Mark, therefore \n" ); document.write( "(m+5) = time required by Jesse to do it alone \n" ); document.write( "let the completed job = 1 \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "working together, they can complete the job in 6 hours. \n" ); document.write( "Each will do a fraction of the job, the two fractions add up 1 (thought process) \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "multiply eq by m(m+5), cancel the denominators \n" ); document.write( "6(m+5) + 6m = m(m+5) \n" ); document.write( "6m + 30 + 6m = m^2 + 5m \n" ); document.write( "12m + 30 = m^2 + 6m \n" ); document.write( "form a quadratic equation on the right \n" ); document.write( "0 = m^2 + 5m - 12m - 30 \n" ); document.write( "0 = m^2 - 7m - 30 \n" ); document.write( "this will factor to \n" ); document.write( "(m-10)(m+3) = 0 \n" ); document.write( "the positive solution is all we want here \n" ); document.write( "m = 10 hrs for Mark to the do the job alone \n" ); document.write( "therefore \n" ); document.write( "10+5 = 15 hrs for Jessie alone \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( ": \n" ); document.write( "See if that checks out \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "Reduce fraction \n" ); document.write( " |