document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1185053>Question 1185053</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> An errand boy received Php 75.00 for working a certain number of hours. Had he <BR>\n" );
document.write( "received Php 1.25 less an hour, it would taken him 2 hrs. longer to earn the same <BR>\n" );
document.write( "amount. For how many hours did he work and how much was he paid an hour? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "    RATE of pay          TIME         PAY\r\n" );
document.write( "     75/x                 x           75\r\n" );
document.write( "     75/(x+2)             x+2         75\r\n" );
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document.write( "The way the situation is described,  <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=75%2Fx-75%2F%28x%2B2%29=1.25 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"75%2Fx-75%2F%28x%2B2%29=1.25\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >;  simplify and solve.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Strongly shows <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=highlight%28x=10%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"highlight%28x=10%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >--------time the boy actually worked.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Pay rate,   $7.5 per hour </SPAN>\n" );
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