SOLUTION: jake can do a certain task in 10 days . after he has worked for 2 days ,tom comes to help him and together they finished it in 3 more days . if tom will work alone to finish the sa

Question 931884: jake can do a certain task in 10 days . after he has worked for 2 days ,tom comes to help him and together they finished it in 3 more days . if tom will work alone to finish the same task from the start. how long will it take tom to finish the work
Answer by josgarithmetic(39613) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
RT=J rate time job. Rate is as JOBS per DAY or JOB per DAYS.

The job parts are Jake alone for 2 days and then Jake and Tom together for 3 days. We do not know x, the time for Tom to do 1 job by himself.

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