document.write( "Question 392266: Working together, Larry, Moe, and Curly can paint an elephant in 3 minutes. Working alone, it would take Larry 10 minutes or Moe 6 minutes to paint the elephant. How long would it take Curly to paint the elephant if heworked alone? \n" ); document.write( "

Algebra.Com's Answer #278426 by ewatrrr(24785) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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document.write( "Let x represent curly's solo time in minutes
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document.write( " 1/10 + 1/6 + 1/x = 1/3   |per minute being the equalizer
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document.write( " 6x + 10x + 60 = 20x      |mulitply each term by 60x so as all denominators = 1
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document.write( "   60 = 4x
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document.write( "     x = 15min, curly's solo time in minutes
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