<PRE><B>Question 391838</B>
Alan can build a brick wall in 9 hours.
 Carl can build the same wall in 18 hours.
 Mr. Alan started to build the wall, worked for 3 hours, and then stopped working. 
How many hours would Carl require to complete the wall?
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Let c = no. of hrs to complete the wall by Carl
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Let the completed wall = 1
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Each will do a fraction of the wall, the two fractions add up to 1
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{{{3/9}}} + {{{c/18}}} = 1
Multiply equation b;y 18 to clear the denominators
2(3) + c = 18
c = 18 - 6
c = 12 hrs to complete the wall
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