A. Solve the following problems. Show complete solution. 1. Janice and James are working in a strawberry field in Trinidad. Each of them must pick the same number of strawberries a day. Janice picks an average of 6 baskets of strawberries per hour, while James picks an average of 3 baskets an hour. If they begin picking strawberries at the same time, and Janice finishes \( 1 \frac{1}{2} \) hours before James, how many baskets must each pick?
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