SOLUTION: Chef Craig can decorate a dozen cupcakes in half the time of Chef Charlotte. Together they can decorate the dozen cupcakes in 8 minutes. How long would it take each chef to decorat

Question 1138740: Chef Craig can decorate a dozen cupcakes in half the time of Chef Charlotte. Together they can decorate the dozen cupcakes in 8 minutes. How long would it take each chef to decorate a dozen cupcakes alone?
Answer by greenestamps(13198) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Since he works twice as fast as she does, when working together he does 2/3 of the work and she does 1/3.

So in 8 minutes working together, he does 2/3 of the job. To do the remaining 1/3 of the job himself, he needs to work half of another 8 minutes, or 4 minutes more. So he can do the job alone in 12 minutes.

And since he works twice as fast as she does, the time it would take her to do the work alone is 24 minutes.
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