SOLUTION: Ajay alone would take 8 hours more to complete the job if ajay and Rupesh work together.If Rupesh work alone he would have take 4.5 hours more to complete the job than Ajay and Ru

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Question 983760: Ajay alone would take 8 hours more to complete the job if ajay and Rupesh work together.If Rupesh work alone he would have take 4.5 hours more to complete the job than Ajay and Rupesh work together. What time would have take if both Ajay and Rupesh work together. ??
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
JOB/HOUR unit for rate, used when possible as , the 1 being for 1 job.
Ajay&Rupesh     
Ajay            
Rupesh          


Solve for x and then evaluate the two other rates.


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