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An experienced accountant can balance the books twice as fast as a new accountant. Working together it ta
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Question 326944: Need assistance in creating an equation to solve the following problem.
An experienced accountant can balance the books twice as fast as a new accountant. Working together it takes the accountants 10 hours. How long would it take the experienced accountant working alone? Answer by scott8148(6628) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! "An experienced accountant can balance the books twice as fast as a new accountant." ___ n = 2e
"Working together it takes the accountants 10 hours" ___ (10/n) + (10/e) = 1
___ they each do a FRACTION of the task, based on their individual times
___ the fractions sum to one (the WHOLE task)
