SOLUTION: Edwin can tune up his chevy in 2 hrs working alone. His sone, Beau, can do the job in 3hr working alone. How long would it take them if they worked together? (let t represent the
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: Edwin can tune up his chevy in 2 hrs working alone. His sone, Beau, can do the job in 3hr working alone. How long would it take them if they worked together? (let t represent the time working together)
This question is from textbook Introductory to algebra
Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if Edwin can do the job in 2 hrs, then in t hrs he does t/2 of the job similarly, Beau does t/3 of the job
together they do the whole job, so the equation is ...multiplying by 6 gives 3t+2t=6
so 5t=6 and t=6/5
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