document.write( "Question 380944: Working with your cousin, you can finish a table in 8 hours. Working alone your cousin can complete the job in 10 hours. How long would it take you to refinish the table working alone? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #270307 by mananth(16946) You can put this solution on YOUR website! together they can finish in 8 hours. \n" ); document.write( "together they do 1/8 of the job in 1hour. \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "cousin takes 10 hours. \n" ); document.write( "so cousin does1/10 of the job in 1 hour. \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "so you can do 1/8 -1/10 of the job in 1 hour. \n" ); document.write( "LCD = 40 \n" ); document.write( "(5-4)/40 of the job you can do in 1 hour \n" ); document.write( "=1/40 of the job. \n" ); document.write( " so you will take 40 hours to do the job \n" ); document.write( "... \n" ); document.write( "m.ananth@hotmail.ca \n" ); document.write( " |