SOLUTION: Antonio and Jeremy work for a plumbing company that was recently awarded a contract to install the plumbing fixtures in a new office complex. There are 12 bathrooms in the building
Algebra ->
Customizable Word Problem Solvers
-> Mixtures
-> SOLUTION: Antonio and Jeremy work for a plumbing company that was recently awarded a contract to install the plumbing fixtures in a new office complex. There are 12 bathrooms in the building
Log On
Question 1009499: Antonio and Jeremy work for a plumbing company that was recently awarded a contract to install the plumbing fixtures in a new office complex. There are 12 bathrooms in the building. It takes Jeremy 4 hr longer than Antonio to complete one bathroom. If they work together it takes 8 hr to complete a bathroom. Find the rate at which each individual can complete a bathroom working alone. Found 2 solutions by jorel555, ikleyn:Answer by jorel555(1290) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let 1/n be the amount of work Antonio can do in one hour. Then:
1/n+1/(n+4)=1/8
8/n+8/(n+4)=1
8(n+4)+8n=nē+4n
nē-12n-32=0
Using the quadratic formula, we get n=14.246 hrs, and n+4=18.246 hrs. ☺☺☺☺
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
Antonio and Jeremy work for a plumbing company that was recently awarded a contract to install the plumbing fixtures
in a new office complex. There are 12 bathrooms in the building. It takes Jeremy 4 hr longer than Antonio to complete one bathroom.
If they work together it takes 8 hr to complete a bathroom.
Find the rate at which each individual can complete a bathroom working alone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(
