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Question 420854: One copy machine copies twice as fast as another. If both copiers work together, they can finish a particular job in two hours. How long would it take the slower copier to complete the job working alone? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! One copy machine copies twice as fast as another.
If both copiers work together, they can finish a particular job in two hours.
How long would it take the slower copier to complete the job working alone?
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Let t = time for the slower machine to do the job
then
.5t = time required by the faster machine
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Let the completed job = 1
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A typical shared work equation + = 1
multiply thru by .5t, results:
2 + .5(2) = .5t
3 = .5t
t = 6 hrs the slow one alone
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See if that is true + = 1
