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: One computer technician can wire a modem in 4 h. A second technician requires 6 h to do the same job. After working alone for 2 h, the first technician quits. How long will it take the second technician to complete the wiring? This question is from textbook beginning algerbra
If the first guy can do the whole job in 4 hours, he must have completed half of the job by the time he quit after working 2 hours, so half of the job remains to be done. You should be able handle this one from here.
