SOLUTION: Jared, Kitt, and Laura deliver advertising flyers in Baltimore. Working alone, it takes Jared 14 hours to deliver all the flyers, and it takes Laura 3 hours longer than Kitt. Worki
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Question 786062: Jared, Kitt, and Laura deliver advertising flyers in Baltimore. Working alone, it takes Jared 14 hours to deliver all the flyers, and it takes Laura 3 hours longer than Kitt. Working together, they can deliver all the flyers in 40% of the time it takes Kitt working alone. How long does it take Kitt to do the delivery alone?
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Jared, Kitt, and Laura deliver advertising flyers in Baltimore.
Working alone, it takes Jared 14 hours to deliver all the flyers, and it takes Laura 3 hours longer than Kitt.
Working together, they can deliver all the flyers in 40% of the time it takes Kitt working alone.
How long does it take Kitt to do the delivery alone?
:
Let k = time for Kitt working alone
then
(k+3) = time for Laura working alone
and
.4k = time required when working together
:
Let the completed job = 1, (all flyers delivered)
:
Each will do a fraction of the job, the 3 fractions add up to 1
+ + = 1
in the middle fraction cancel k
+ .4 + = 1
+ = 1 - .4
+ = .6
multiply by 14(k+3) to clear the fractions, resulting in:
.4k(k+3) + 14(.4k) = 14(k+3)*.6
.4k^2 + 1.2k + 5.6k = 8.4(k+3)
.4k^2 + 6.8k = 8.4k + 25.2
Combine on the left to form a quadratic equation
.4k^2 + 6.8k - 8.4k - 25.2 = 0
.4k^2 - 1.6k - 25.2 = 0
Simplify divide equation by .4, resulting in
k^2 - 4k - 63 = 0
This equation solved by the quadratic formula
I go a positive solution of 10.185 hrs for Kitt working alone
:
You can confirm this in the original shared work equation.
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