SOLUTION: sam and justin together can do a work in 2 days. if they had to work separately, the time taken by justin to do the work would be more than that of sam by 3 days. in how many days

Question 1186244: sam and justin together can do a work in 2 days. if they had to work separately, the time taken by justin to do the work would be more than that of sam by 3 days. in how many days cam justin do the work alone? *
Answer by josgarithmetic(39628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Sam                 t-3

Justin              t

Combined            2

---------simplify and solve.
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