document.write( "Question 1166045: Two brothers can do a job together in 6 hours. Working alone, the younger brother takes 2 hours longer than his older brother how long does each boy take when doing the job alone? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The older can do the job in

hours by himself, therefore he can do

of the job in 1 hour. The younger brother takes two hours longer, so he can do the job in

hours by himself, and therefore can do

of the job in one hour. Working together, they can do the job in 6 hours, so they can do

of an hour. Taking this altogether:\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "By the way, the answers are irrational, but you are only off by about 2 and a half minutes on the 6 hour total if you round

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