document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1199453>Question 1199453</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lynn and Farrah were asked to fill the tank with water. Lynn is twice faster than Farrah. Together, they filled it in two hours. How many hours can each of them alone fill the tank? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "My best comment on this problem is that a student should not be expected to spend any time working on the problem because of the exceedingly bad English used to present the problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "I can GUESS what the statement \"Lynn is twice faster than Farrah\" means; but if I am being asked to solve a problem I should not have to guess what the given information means.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "The other tutors who have responded all interpret the meaning of that statement to be that Lynn works twice as fast as Farrah -- i.e., can do the job in half the time that Farrah takes.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "But one possible interpretation of the terrible English is that it takes Farrah THREE times as long as Lynn to do the job.  That of course would lead to a different answer to the problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "You could even make the argument that the statement that \"Lynn is twice faster than Farrah\" has nothing at all to do with how fast THEY DO THE WORK; it might mean that Lynn runs a 100-meter dash in half the time that Farrah does....<br><BR>\n" );
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