SOLUTION: Simon can paint his apartment alone in 5 days less than it would take his cousin Raymond to do the same job. If they work together, the painting job can finished in 6 days how long

Question 978899: Simon can paint his apartment alone in 5 days less than it would take his cousin Raymond to do the same job. If they work together, the painting job can finished in 6 days how long will it take Raymond to paint the apartment himself?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Raymond, rate is JOBS per DAY.
Simon's rate is JOBS per DAY.
Both Together, jobs per day.

"Both" rate is the sum of Raymond's and Simon's rates.
Make the equation and solve for the value of x.

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