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\n" ); document.write( "peter can finish a task 8 hours, and Sam can finish the same task twice as fast as Peter.
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document.write( "Peter makes 1/8 of the job per hour.  It is his rate of work.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Sam works twice as fast as Peter and makes 1/4 of the job per hour.  It is his rate of work.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Working together, they make\r\n" );
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document.write( "of the job per hour. It is their combined rate of work.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that they will complete the job in  hours = 2  hours = 2 hours and 40 minutes working together.   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
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "    - Using Fractions to solve word problems on joint work \r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I
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