SOLUTION: A professor can grade three tests in the time it takes a student assistant to grade one test. Working together, they can grade the tests for a class in 2 hours.How long would it ta
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Question 1137052: A professor can grade three tests in the time it takes a student assistant to grade one test. Working together, they can grade the tests for a class in 2 hours.How long would it take the student assistant working alone?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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r, rate of student assistant
3r, rate of professor
The quantity of tests to grade is 1 job.
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------------------ 1 job in 8 hours, the student assistant.
Answer by ikleyn(52807) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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I solved today very similar problem (a TWIN). See the link
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/misc/Miscellaneous_Word_Problems.faq.question.1137025.html
https://www.algebra.com/algebra/homework/word/misc/Miscellaneous_Word_Problems.faq.question.1137025.html
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It is a standard and typical joint work problem.
There is a wide variety of similar solved joint-work problems with detailed explanations in this site. See the lessons
- Using Fractions to solve word problems on joint work
- Solving more complicated word problems on joint work
- Selected joint-work word problems from the archive
Read them and get be trained in solving joint-work problems.
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- ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.
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