SOLUTION: Joe can ow the 18th fairway in 4 hours. Bob can do it in 3 hours. Joe, Bob and Tom working together can do it in an hour and 20 minutes. How long would it take Tom to do the job wo

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Question 1029150: Joe can ow the 18th fairway in 4 hours. Bob can do it in 3 hours. Joe, Bob and Tom working together can do it in an hour and 20 minutes. How long would it take Tom to do the job working alone?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, Big_dawg:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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Person            RATES jobs per hour

Joe                1%2F4

Bob                1%2F3

Tom                1%2Fx

Joe,Bob,Tom together   1%2F%281%261%2F3%29


1%2F4%2B1%2F3%2B1%2Fx=1%2F%281%261%2F3%29

Answer by Big_dawg(1) About Me  (Show Source):