document.write( "Question 840361: Aileen and Emily are roommates. Working together, it takes the 45 minutes to clean their room. Today is Aileen's day to clean. She can clean the room by herself in 2/3 the time it takes Emily to clean the room by herself. How many minutes does it take Aileen to clean by herself? How many minutes does it take Emily? \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #506822 by hamsanash1981@gmail.com(151)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let time taken by Emily be x \n" ); document.write( "then alieen take 2/3 of x = 2x/3\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "1 min work of emily = 1/x \n" ); document.write( "1 min work of alieen = \n" ); document.write( "i min work of both = 1/45 \n" ); document.write( "1/x + 3/2x = 1/45 \n" ); document.write( "5/2x = 1/45 \n" ); document.write( "1/x = 2/225 \n" ); document.write( "Emily take 225/2 mins to complete the work, then alieen = 225/2*2/3 = 75 mins \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |