SOLUTION: Hayden is a manager at a landscaping company. He has 3 workers to landscape an entire park, Cody, Kaitlyn, and Joseph. Cody can complete the project in 8 hours. Kaitlyn can complet

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Question 823765: Hayden is a manager at a landscaping company. He has 3 workers to landscape an entire park, Cody, Kaitlyn, and Joseph. Cody can complete the project in 8 hours. Kaitlyn can complete the project in 6 hours. Joseph is new, so no one knows how long it will take him.
Hayden assigns all of them to complete the park together. Explain to Hayden how this project can tell him how long it would take Joseph to complete the project if he worked by himself. Use complete sentences.
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/8+1/6+1/x=1/y
y is the time it takes all of them together
x is the time it takes Joseph to do it alone.
finish the explanation.