SOLUTION: One custodian cleans a room of suites in 5 hours. When a second worker is asked to join the regular custodian, the job only takes 3 1/3 hours. How long does it take the second work

Question 911155: One custodian cleans a room of suites in 5 hours. When a second worker is asked to join the regular custodian, the job only takes 3 1/3 hours. How long does it take the second worker to do the job alone?
Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x time it takes for the second worker to do the job alone

|Multiplying thru by 10x so as all denominators = 1
2x + 10 = 3x
10hr = x,time it takes for the second worker to do the job alone
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