document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1180857>Question 1180857</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> A farmer has two tractors P and Q. Tractor P, working alone, can plough a piece of land in 5 hours while tractor Q would take 1 hours less than tractor P.<BR>\n" );
document.write( " (a) Determine the time the two tractors ploughing together,would take to complete the work. (3 marks) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(b) One day, the tractors started to plough the piece of land together. After 40 minutes,tractor P broke down but Q continued alone and completed the work.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Calculate the total time taken to plough the piece of land that day. (4 marks) <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(c) In another season, the farmer hired an additional tractor R to assist P and Q which retained the same rate of working as before. The three tractors took I hour 12 minutes to plough the same piece of land. The owner of tractor R was paid some money proportional to the work done by the tractor.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If the total work was valued at ksh 20000 , find the amount of money paid to the owner of tractor R. </SPAN>\n" );
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