SOLUTION: Jessie and mark are planning to paint a house together. Jessie that if he works alone, it would take him five hours more than the time mark takes to paint the entire house. working

Question 896443: Jessie and mark are planning to paint a house together. Jessie that if he works alone, it would take him five hours more than the time mark takes to paint the entire house. working together, they can complete the job in six hours. how many hours does each of them take working alone?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Their work-rates jobs per hour:
Jessie,
Mark,
Jessie&Mark,

Solve for x.
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