Question

Working together, it takes two computers 10 minutes to send out a company's email. If it takes the slower computer 50 minutes to do the job on its own, how long will it take the faster computer to do the job on its own? don't round

Answer 1

Answer:

12.5 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

When working together,It takes two computers 10 minutes to send out an email

It takes the slower computer 50 minutes to send out an email

Let x represent the time taken by the faster computer to do the job in its own

Therefore, the time required by the faster computer can be calculated as follows

1/x + 1/50= 1/10

Collect the like terms

1/x= 1/10-1/50

1/x= 4/50

Cross multiply both sides

4 × x = 50×1

4x=50

Divide both sides by the coefficient of x which is 4

4x/4=50/4

x= 12.5

Hence the time taken by the faster computer to finish the job on its own is 12.5 minutes