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Question 940286: two roads crew working together repaired 1 mile of the road in four hours. working separately one of the crews takes about six hours to repair a similar road. how long would it take the other crew working alone to repair a similar Road? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! two roads crew working together repaired 1 mile of the road in four hours.
working separately one of the crews takes about six hours to repair a similar road.
how long would it take the other crew working alone to repair a similar Road?
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let t = time required by the "other crew" to do the job
let the completed job = 1
: + = 1
Each crew does a fraction of the job, the two fractions add up to 1
multiply equation by 6t, cancel the denominators and you have:
4t + 6(4) = 6t
24 = 6t - 4t
24 = 2t
t = 24/2
t = 12 hrs for the other crew to do the job
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Check this + = 1
reduce fractions + = 1
