SOLUTION: Ed can do a job in 4 days. When Ed and Maymay work together, it would take them 2 1/3 days. How long would the job take Maymay to do the job alone?
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Question 799691: Ed can do a job in 4 days. When Ed and Maymay work together, it would take them 2 1/3 days. How long would the job take Maymay to do the job alone? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Ed can do a job in 4 days.
When Ed and Maymay work together, it would take them 2 1/3 days.
How long would the job take Maymay to do the job alone?
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Let m = May^2 time to do the job alone
let the completed job = 1
Change 2 1/3 days to 7/3
:
A shared work equation + = 1
Which is + = 1
multiply by 12m, resulting in
7m + 4(7) = 12m
28 = 12m - 7m
28 = 5m
m = 28/5
m = 5 days May^2 alone
