SOLUTION: Chasity can do a job in 12 hours. If she works with Kyle, together they can get the job done in 8 hours. How long would it take Kyle to do the job alone

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Question 1057108: Chasity can do a job in 12 hours. If she works with Kyle, together they can get the job done in 8 hours. How long would it take Kyle to do the job alone
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Combined rate is the sum of their individual rates. The rate unit should be as .
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Chasity can do a job in 12 hours. If she works with Kyle, together they can get the job done in 8 hours. How long would it take Kyle to do the job alone
Solve for K: , the time Kyle takes, alone. 

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