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Question 1101493: Stephanie and Vivian agrred to start a Handyman's service. They plannes to work on six projects over the long weekend. They estimated that each job would take a certain amount of time. To their surprise, each job took three times that long. if the total time spent on projects was 36 hours, and if each job took the same amount of time what was their estimate of how long each job would take?
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Answer by Shin123(626) About Me  (Show Source):
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36/2=18 18/3=6 hours each

Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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+36%2F3+=+12+ hrs = how long they thought
the 6 projects would take
+12%2F6+=+2+ hrs = time they estimated each
project would take