SOLUTION: Lydia takes ten minutes more to complete an illustration than Tom. The total time taken by both of them is six hours. How much time did each require?

SOLUTION: Lydia takes ten minutes more to complete an illustration than Tom. The total time taken by both of them is six hours. How much time did each require?

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Question 322719: Lydia takes ten minutes more to complete an illustration than Tom. The total time taken by both of them is six hours. How much time did each require?
Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert to consistent units, minutes.
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Substituting form above,

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Tom's time was 175 minutes, Linda's time was 185 minutes.

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