one super computer can process a job 1.5 times faster than another super computer. when both supercomputers are used simultaneously to complete a job, the job is completed in 3 hours. How long would it take the slower supercomputer to complete the job alone?

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The whale was a missile blasting from beneath the surface.  2.) a majestic whale leapt skyward before diving back into the sea.    these are both figurative language. this is so because the whale in sentence "1" was not actually a missile, nor was it actually blasting. now, for sentence "2", a whale can not actually "leap".