Question 1178102: jerry can fence his vegetable garden in 12 days. one day, his cousin benny helped him,and together they finished the job in 6 days. how long would it take benny to finished the work alone?
Found 3 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic, greenestamps:
Answer by ikleyn(52884)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
jerry can fence his vegetable garden in 12 days. one day, his cousin benny helped him,
and together they finished the job in 6 days. how long would it take benny to finished the work alone?
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How this problem is worded, it sounds and looks strange.
Read, revise, edit and re-submit to the forum.
Please do not submit it to me personally.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630)  (Show Source):
Answer by greenestamps(13209)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The language used in the statement of the problem is atrocious.
It says Benny helped Jerry one day; but then it says they finished the job together in 6 days. That is self-contradictory.
If your post is your own restatement of the problem, then re-post, presenting the real problem.
If it came directly from a textbook, then... well, I hope the author isn't teaching both math and English.
By the way.... It is not our responsibility at this forum to guess what the meaning of the problem is, as one responding tutor did. It is YOUR responsibility to post the problem so that it is clear exactly what the problem is.
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