document.write( "Question 1198431: John can complete a task in 18 days while Peter can complete it in 12 days. How many days will it take them to complete the task if they both work on it together? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "John's rate is 1/18 task per day
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document.write( "Peter's rate is 1/12 task per day\r
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document.write( "We divide 1 task by the sum of their daily rates of work to get the number of days required for both working together:\r
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document.write( " = 7.2 days  (7 days, 4 hours, 48 minutes) \n" );
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