SOLUTION: A panda can eat the leaves from a certain bamboo stem in 14 minutes. Together, two pandas could eat the leaves from that same stem in 9 minutes. how long would it take the second

Question 371318: A panda can eat the leaves from a certain bamboo stem in 14 minutes. Together, two pandas could eat the leaves from that same stem in 9 minutes. how long would it take the second panda to eat the leaves from the stem by itself?
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A panda can eat the leaves from a certain bamboo stem in 14 minutes. Together, two pandas could eat the leaves from that same stem in 9 minutes. how long would it take the second panda to eat the leaves from the stem by itself?
Let x = the number of minutes it would take the second panda to eat the leaves from the stem by itself
1/14 + 1/x = 1/9
1/x = 1/9 - 1/14
1/x = (14 - 9)/126
1/x = 5/126
x = 126/5
x = 25.2
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