SOLUTION: Solve the problem.
An experienced bank auditor can check a bank's deposits twice as fast as a new auditor. Working together it takes the auditors 4 hours to do the job. How long
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Question 824343: Solve the problem.
An experienced bank auditor can check a bank's deposits twice as fast as a new auditor. Working together it takes the auditors 4 hours to do the job. How long would it take the experienced auditor working alone?
Found 2 solutions by milo1954, josmiceli:
Answer by milo1954(10) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
inexperience auditor takes 2X time
experience auditor takes X time
together = 4 hrs
2X+X=4
3X=4
X=4/3
X=1.33hrs
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the time in hours for the new auditor
to check a bank's deposits
An experienced bank auditor can check a bank's
deposits in hours
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( 1 job / t hrs ) = the new auditor's rate of working
( 1 job / t/2 hrs ) = experienced auditor's rate of working
( 1 job / 4 hrs ) = their rate working together
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Add their individual rates to get their rate working together
Multiply both sides by
hrs
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The experienced auditor's rate is:
The experienced auditor's rate is ( 1 job ) / ( 6 hrs ),
so it takes 6 hrs to check the bank
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