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document.write( ": <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 88.  Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself in x days. Her helper Melissa can paint the same barn by herself in 2x days. Write a rational expression for the fraction of the barn that they complete in one day by working together. Evaluate the expression for x = 5  </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "One day working together:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2Fx ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2Fx\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F%282x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F%282x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28%282+%2B+1%29%29%2F%282x%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28%282+%2B+1%29%29%2F%282x%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F%28%282x%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F%28%282x%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Evaluate the expression for x = 5:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F%28%282%2A5%29%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F%28%282%2A5%29%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=3%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"3%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > of the barn painted in 1 day working together<BR>\n" );
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