SOLUTION: joann can clean all the snow from a strip of driveway in 4 hours less time than it takes tom. working together the job takes 8/3 hours. How long would it take each person working a

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Question 837912: joann can clean all the snow from a strip of driveway in 4 hours less time than it takes tom. working together the job takes 8/3 hours. How long would it take each person working alone?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
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1/t+1/(t-4)=1/(8/3)
1/t+1/(t-4)=3/8
t = 8
t-4=4