document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1180722>Question 1180722</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A large biotech firm uses two computers to process the daily results of its research studies. One computer can process the data in 2 hours; the other computer takes 3 hours to do the same job. How long would it take to process the data if both computers were used? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "A large biotech firm uses two computers to process the daily results of its research studies. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "One computer can process the data in 2 hours; the other computer takes 3 hours to do the same job. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "How long would it take to process the data if both computers were used?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Their combined rate of work is \r\n" );
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document.write( "    <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F6+%2B+2%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F6+%2B+2%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5%2F6 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5%2F6\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  of the job per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, it will take  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=6%2F5 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"6%2F5\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >  hours, or 72 minutes, for both computers to complete the job working together.    <U>ANSWER</U>\r\n" );
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document.write( "Solved.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "It is a standard and typical joint work problem.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the topic <BR>\n" );
document.write( "\"<U>Rate of work and joint work problems</U>\" &nbsp;of the section &nbsp;\"<U>Word problems</U>\".\r<BR>\n" );
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