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1. working together two men can do a painting job in 20 days. working alone one man would take 9 days longer than the other to complete the job
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1. working together two men can do a painting job in 20 days. working alone one man would take 9 days longer than the other to complete the job. how long would it take each separately? Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source):
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Let
= number of days Painter can do the job = number of days Painter can do the job
Working together,
............ equation 1
ASSUMING that it takes Painter more days to do the job alone than Painter , then
and substituting this into equation 1,
Multiplying both sides by ,
.......multiplying both sides by
Rearranging,
Factoring the above,
Solving for ,
and
and ignoring the negative root,
and solving for ,
ANSWER:
Painter can do the job alone in days
and
Painter can do the job alone in days.
