SOLUTION: Armando and Drew do volunteer work at an animal shelter. Drew worked 3 more hours than Armando, and together they worked more than 27 hours. What is the least number of hours each

Question 263293: Armando and Drew do volunteer work at an animal shelter. Drew worked 3 more hours than Armando, and together they worked more than 27 hours. What is the least number of hours each worked?
Answer by Madgen(4) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if Armando worked for x hours
then Drew worked for x+3 hours
together they worked for more than 27 hours; 2x+3>27
so, 2x>24 ---> x>12 and x+3>15
assuming that they worked for whole numbers of hours
Armando worked for 13h and Drew worked for 16h.

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