SOLUTION: Two men can do a piece of work in 8 hours. If one man can do it alone in 14 hours, how long would it take the other man to do the work alone?
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Question 527381: Two men can do a piece of work in 8 hours. If one man can do it alone in 14 hours, how long would it take the other man to do the work alone? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Let = hours for other man to do work alone
Add their rates of working to get their
rate working together
1st man does ( 1 job ) / ( 14 hrs )
2nd man does ( 1 job ) / ( h hrs )
working together they do ( 1 job ) / ( 8 hrs )
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Multiply both sides by
It will take the other man 18 and 2/3 hours
working alone, which is 18 hrs and 40 min
