SOLUTION: together an experienced carpenter and an apprentice can make a wooden goblet in 6 hours. Alone, the experienced carpenter can make the goblet 2 hours faster than the apprentice. Fi

Question 1131005: together an experienced carpenter and an apprentice can make a wooden goblet in 6 hours. Alone, the experienced carpenter can make the goblet 2 hours faster than the apprentice. Find the time in which each person can make the goblet alone.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Carpenter, x-2 hours
Apprentice, x hours

Solve for x.
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