document.write( "Question 984952: Jenny and Penny can eat a whole gallon of ice cream together in 2 hours. Penny and Lenny can eat a whole gallon of ice cream together in 5/3 hours. All three together can eat a whole gallon of ice cream together in 1 hour. How many hours would it take Jenny to eat a whole gallon of ice cream all by herself?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #605785 by josgarithmetic(39617)![]() ![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Jenny, 1/j \n" ); document.write( "Penny, 1/p \n" ); document.write( "Lenny, 1/L \n" ); document.write( "Jenny & Penny, 1/2 \n" ); document.write( "Penny & Lenny, 3/5 \n" ); document.write( "Jenny & Penny & Lenny, 1/1=1\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The rates of any of them together are the sum of their rates, so you can write three equations for a system of equations. Numerator 1 is for 1 gallon of ice cream, and the j, p, and L are the time for each to eat the one gallon. \n" ); document.write( " |