SOLUTION: together camden and aidan can repair a van in 5 hours. if aidan can complete the job himself in 8/1/3 hours, how long would it take camden to fix the can by himself?

Question 1058889: together camden and aidan can repair a van in 5 hours. if aidan can complete the job himself in 8/1/3 hours, how long would it take camden to fix the can by himself?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let Camden's rate of working in the units:
[ 1 van repaired ] / [ t hrs ]
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= Aiden's rate of working
[ 3 vans repaired ] / [ 25 hrs ] which is the same as:
[ 1 van repaired ] / [ 8.333 hrs ]
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Together, their rate is:
=
[ 1 van repaired ] / [ 5 hrs ]
Add their rates of working to get
their rate working together
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Multiply both sides by

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Working alone, Camden can fix the van
in 12.5 hrs
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check:

OK

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