SOLUTION: Jessie and Mark are planning to paint a house together. Jessie thinks that if he works alone, it would take him 5 hours more than the time Mark takes to paint the entire house. Wor

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Question 1087825: Jessie and Mark are planning to paint a house together. Jessie thinks that if he works alone, it would take him 5 hours more than the time Mark takes to paint the entire house. Working together, they can complete the job in 6 hours.
QUESTION: If Mark can finish the job in m hours, how long will take it take jessie to finish the job?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathTherapy:
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------time for Mark working alone, hours.
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Jessie and Mark are planning to paint a house together. Jessie thinks that if he works alone, it would take him 5 hours more than the time Mark takes to paint the entire house. Working together, they can complete the job in 6 hours.
QUESTION: If Mark can finish the job in m hours, how long will take it take jessie to finish the job?
Jessie completes the job in:  

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