{"status": "success", "data": {"description_md": "Bricklayer Brenda would take $9$ hours to build a chimney alone, and bricklayer Brandon would take $10$ hours to build it alone. When they work together they talk a lot, and their combined output is decreased by $10$ bricks per hour. Working together, they build the chimney in $5$ hours. How many bricks are in the chimney?\n\n$\\textbf{(A)}\\ 500 \\qquad \\textbf{(B)}\\ 900 \\qquad \\textbf{(C)}\\ 950 \\qquad \\textbf{(D)}\\ 1000 \\qquad \\textbf{(E)}\\ 1900$<br>([[2008 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 10|Solution]])\n___\nFull credit goes to [MAA](https://maa.org/) for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the [AOPS](https://artofproblemsolving.com/) website.", "description_html": "<p>Bricklayer Brenda would take  <span class=\"katex--inline\">9</span>  hours to build a chimney alone, and bricklayer Brandon would take  <span class=\"katex--inline\">10</span>  hours to build it alone. When they work together they talk a lot, and their combined output is decreased by  <span class=\"katex--inline\">10</span>  bricks per hour. Working together, they build the chimney in  <span class=\"katex--inline\">5</span>  hours. How many bricks are in the chimney?</p>&#10;<p> <span class=\"katex--inline\">\\textbf{(A)}\\ 500 \\qquad \\textbf{(B)}\\ 900 \\qquad \\textbf{(C)}\\ 950 \\qquad \\textbf{(D)}\\ 1000 \\qquad \\textbf{(E)}\\ 1900</span> <br/>([[2008 AMC 12B Problems/Problem 10|Solution]])</p>&#10;<hr><p>Full credit goes to <a href=\"https://maa.org/\">MAA</a> for authoring these problems. These problems were taken on the <a href=\"https://artofproblemsolving.com/\">AOPS</a> website.</p>", "hints_md": "", "hints_html": "", "editorial_md": "", "editorial_html": "", "flag_hint": "", "point_value": 2, "problem_name": "2008 AMC 12B Problem 10", "can_next": true, "can_prev": true, "nxt": "/problem/08_amc12B_p11", "prev": "/problem/08_amc12B_p09"}}