SOLUTION: At 10 AM, Francisco is asked by his uncle to weed the garden. From past experience, Francisco knows that this will take him 4 hours, working alone. His older cousin, Rodrigo, when

Question 337001: At 10 AM, Francisco is asked by his uncle to weed the garden. From past experience, Francisco knows that this will take him 4 hours, working alone. His older cousin, Rodrigo, when it is his turn to do this job, requires 6 hours. Since Rodrigo wants to go see the game with Francisco and have already bought the tickets for the game a 1 PM, he agrees to help Francisco. Assuming no gain or loss of efficiency, when will they finish if they work together? Can they make it to the game after doing the assignment?
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At 10 AM, Francisco is asked by his uncle to weed the garden.
From past experience, Francisco knows that this will take him 4 hours, working alone.
His older cousin, Rodrigo, when it is his turn to do this job, requires 6 hours.
Since Rodrigo wants to go see the game with Francisco and have already bought
the tickets for the game a 1 PM, he agrees to help Francisco.
Assuming no gain or loss of efficiency, when will they finish if they work together?
Can they make it to the game after doing the assignment?
:
This is shared work problem
:
Let t = time required to do the job when working together
Let the completed job = 1 (a weed-free garden)
:
Each will do a fraction of the job, the two fractions add up to 1
+ = 1
Multiplying by 12 gets rid of the denominators, results:
3t + 2t = 12
5t = 12
t =
t = 2.4 hrs, since it is 3 hrs until game time, they may be able to make it.
:
(Forget the shower and drive fast!!)
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