document.write( "Question 1186292: It takes the owner of a dog kennel 8 hours to clean all of the cages. If it takes her assistant 3 hours longer, how long will it take if they work together? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The owner makes   of the job per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The assistant makes   =   of the job per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Their combined rate of work is   +  =  =   of the job per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that working together, they complete the job in  \r\n" );
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document.write( "     hours = 4  hours = 4 hours and 37.9 minutes = 4 hours 38 minutes (approximately).    ANSWER\r\n" );
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "It is a standard and typical joint work problem.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "There is a wide variety of similar solved joint-work problems with detailed explanations in this site. See the lessons\r
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