SOLUTION: Marie Just on and Danny are working on their group project. If they work together they can finish it in 25 minutes. Marie and Danny estimated that they can do the project alone in

Question 1068093: Marie Just on and Danny are working on their group project. If they work together they can finish it in 25 minutes. Marie and Danny estimated that they can do the project alone in 2 1/2 hours and 1 1/2 hours respectively. If Jon will work alone, how long will it take him to finish the project?
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Marie, John and Danny are working on their group project.
If they work together they can finish it in 25 minutes. Marie and Danny estimated that they can do the project alone in 2 1/2 hours
and 1 1/2 hours respectively. If Jon will work alone, how long will it take him to finish the project?
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1.    hours = 150 minutes.

      hours =  90 minutes.


2.  If the three work together, their combined rate is  of the job per minute.

    In other words, if all three work together, they make  of the job per minute.


3.  If Marie and Danny work together, their combined rate is  =  =  of the job per minute.


4.  It implies that the John's individual rate of work is 

     =  =  =  of the job per minute.

    Hence, it will take 45 minutes for John to complete the job working alone.

Answer. It will take 45 minutes for John to complete the job working alone.

Solved.

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