SOLUTION: Emily took 6 hours to clean a cabinet. Jack and Emily took 2 hours to clean the same cabinet if they worked together. How long would Jack take to clean the cabinet by himself?

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Question 1180322: Emily took 6 hours to clean a cabinet. Jack and Emily took 2 hours to clean the same cabinet if they worked together. How long would Jack take to clean the cabinet by himself?
Answer by ikleyn(52851)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Their combined rate of work is    of the job per hour.


Emily's individual rate of work is    of the job per hour.


Hence, Jack's individual rate of work is   =  =  =   of the job per hour.


Ur means that  Jack will complete the job in  3  hours.    ANSWER

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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
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    - Selected joint-work word problems from the archive


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