SOLUTION: Petunia and Petal worked 5 hours and completed 1 1/24 jobs. If Petal took 12 hours to do one job, how long did it take Petunia to do two jobs?

Question 507325: Petunia and Petal worked 5 hours and completed 1 1/24 jobs. If Petal took 12 hours to do one job, how long did it take Petunia to do two jobs?
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Petunia and Petal worked 5 hours and completed 1 1/24 jobs.
If Petal took 12 hours to do one job, how long did it take Petunia to do two jobs?
:
Let p = Petunia's time to do one job
Change 1 1/24 to
:
A shared work equation
+ =
multiply by 24p, results
2p(5) + 24(5) = 25p
10p + 120 = 25p
120 = 25p - 10p
120 = 15p
p =
p = 8 hrs to do one job
therefore
2(8) = 16 hrs to do two jobs
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