SOLUTION: Dean and his younger brother Sam are digging a hole to make an imu (underground oven) for the luau. Working together it takes them 1.5 hours to finish the hole. If it would take

Question 1113231: Dean and his younger brother Sam are digging a hole to make an imu (underground oven) for the luau. Working together it takes them 1.5 hours to finish the hole. If it would take Sam twice as long to finish the hole working alone as it would Dean, how long would it take Dean if he had to dig the hole by himself?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Time for Sam              2x
Time for Dean              x
Time both combined        1.5

--------time in hours for Dean to dig the hole alone.
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