SOLUTION: Jerry worked 10 more overtime hours than Andrew one week. If Jerry worked 4 overtime hours for every 3 hours that Andrew worked for how many hours of overtime did each person work
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Question 1088955: Jerry worked 10 more overtime hours than Andrew one week. If Jerry worked 4 overtime hours for every 3 hours that Andrew worked for how many hours of overtime did each person work? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of an hour if necessary
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let be = to overtime hrs that Jerry worked
and = to overtime hrs that Andrew worked
=> ratio is
If Jerry worked overtime hours for every hours that Andrew worked, ratio is and we have
since ratios must be same,we have
.......cross multiply
-> so, Jerry worked overtime hrs
-> ->Andrew worked 30 overtime hrs
check:
...simplify left side
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