Building a Wall

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Building a Wall

If Jameson can build a 20 foot wall in 6 hours, and Jaqueline can build a 50 foot wall in 12 hours, and the two of them work together to build a 180 foot wall (with each of them starting at opposite ends of the wall), how much wall will each build before the wall is complete?

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