SOLUTION: sam and justin together can do a work in 2 days. if they had to work separately, the time taken by justin to do the work would be more than that of sam by 3 days. in how many days

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Question 1186244: sam and justin together can do a work in 2 days. if they had to work separately, the time taken by justin to do the work would be more than that of sam by 3 days. in how many days cam justin do the work alone? *
Answer by josgarithmetic(39627) About Me  (Show Source):
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Sam                 t-3

Justin              t

Combined            2

1%2F%28t-3%29%2B1%2Ft=1%2F2---------simplify and solve.