A can do a job in 20 days. After working alone for 5 days, what fraction remains?
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In 5 days, A completes 5/20 = 1/4 of the job.
Therefore, 3/4 remains.
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In 5 days, A completes 5/20 = 1/4 of the job.
Therefore, 3/4 remains.
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If half the work takes 6 days, the full work takes twice as long.
Thus, the total time is 12 days.
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Their combined rate is 1/12 + 1/18 + 1/36 = 1/6.
Therefore, they finish in 6 days.
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A composite number has more than two positive factors.
The number 4 has factors 1, 2, and 4.
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Let B's rate be 2 units and A's rate be 3 units, total 5 units.
If 5 units finish in 6 days, B alone takes 6 × 5/2 = 15 days.
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The positive factors of 16 are 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16.
Therefore, it has 5 positive factors.
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Their daily rate is 1/16 + 1/24 = 5/48.
In 4 days they do 5/12, so 7/12 remains.
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Dividing 84 by primes gives 84 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 7.
This is 2² × 3 × 7.
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The pipe fills 1/6 of the tank per hour.
In 2 hours it fills 2/6 = 1/3.
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An irrational number cannot be expressed as a ratio of integers.
The number √2 has a nonterminating, nonrepeating decimal expansion.
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The expression 2⁵ means multiplying five factors of 2.
Thus, 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 = 32.
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The square root is the number whose square equals 196.
Since 14 × 14 = 196, the answer is 14.