document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1178102>Question 1178102</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> jerry can fence his vegetable garden in 12 days. one day, his cousin benny helped him,and together they finished the job in 6 days. how long would it take benny to finished the work alone? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The language used in the statement of the problem is atrocious.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "It says Benny helped Jerry one day; but then it says they finished the job together in 6 days.  That is self-contradictory.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If your post is your own restatement of the problem, then re-post, presenting the real problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "If it came directly from a textbook, then... well, I hope the author isn't teaching both math and English.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "By the way....  It is not our responsibility at this forum to guess what the meaning of the problem is, as one responding tutor did.  It is YOUR responsibility to post the problem so that it is clear exactly what the problem is.<br><BR>\n" );
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