SOLUTION: Working together, paul and daniel can pick forty bushels of apples in 4.95 hrs. Had he done it alone it would have taken daniel 9 hrs. How long would it take paul to do it alone?
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Question 627327: Working together, paul and daniel can pick forty bushels of apples in 4.95 hrs. Had he done it alone it would have taken daniel 9 hrs. How long would it take paul to do it alone? Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
Hi,
Working together, paul and daniel can pick forty bushels of apples in 4.95 hrs.
Had he done it alone it would have taken daniel 9 hrs.
How long would it take paul to do it alone?
Question states*** PER hour Key
1/9 + 1/x = 1/4.95 |Multiplying thru by so as all denominators = 1
4.95x + 9*4.95 = 9x
