SOLUTION: Castel can pick 40 bushels of apples in 15 hours. One day his friend Maria helped him and it only took 5.63 hours. How long would it take Maria to do it alone?

Question 1133582: Castel can pick 40 bushels of apples in 15 hours. One day his friend Maria helped him and it only took 5.63 hours. How long would it take Maria to do it alone?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One job is pick 40 bushels of apples.
m, the time for Maria to do the one job, if alone.

Simplify and solve for m.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Elisa can pick forty bushels of apples in ten hours. One day her friend Huong helped her... (answered by richwmiller)

James can mop a warehouse in 12 hours. One day his friend Molly helped him and it only... (answered by lwsshak3)

Working alone, Elisa can dig a 10 ft by 10 ft hole in nine hours. One day her friend... (answered by Boreal,josgarithmetic)

if two people can pick 40 bushels of apples in 4.95 hour, and one of them can pick 40... (answered by nyc_function)

Rob can tar a roof in nine hours. One day hsi friend Kayla helped him and it only took... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

If a machine can pick up 54 bushels of apples in 3 hours, how many hows would it take for (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

Working alone, it takes Sue 13 hours to pick 40 bushels of apples. Kim can pick the same... (answered by richwmiller)

It takes Matt 15 hours to pick 40 bushels of apples. Ndiba can pick the same amount in 13 (answered by josgarithmetic,MathTherapy)

working together, Brenda and Bill can pick 40 bushels of apples in 3.94 hours. Had he... (answered by richwmiller)