SOLUTION: Suppose Karen can weed the garden twice as fast as Crilyn. Together they can weed the garden in 3 hours. How long would it take each of them working alone?

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Question 1173562: Suppose Karen can weed the garden twice as fast as Crilyn. Together they can
weed the garden in 3 hours. How long would it take each of them working alone?
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52799)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Suppose Karen can weed the garden twice as fast as Crilyn. Together they can
weed the garden in 3 hours.
How long would it take each of them working alone?
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Karen alone works as two instances of Crilyn.


So, they both work as three instances of Crilyn and make the job in 3 hours.


It means that Crilyn, working alone, will complete the entire job in 3*3 = 9 hours.


Karen, working alone, will make it twice as fast, i.e. in  9/2 = 4.5 hours.

Solved.

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Answer by josgarithmetic(39620)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Karen's rate,
Crilyn's rate,
The two together,


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9 hours just for Crilyn
4.5 hours just for Karen
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