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Lena [83]
2 years ago
12

An experienced employee can enter tax data into a computer tree times as fast as a new employee. Working together, it takes them

9hrs. How long would it take the experienced employee working alone?
Mathematics
1 answer:
disa [49]2 years ago
3 0

Answer:

12 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Let x hours be the time needed for the experienced employee, then 3x hours is time needed for the new employee.

Then, the experienced employee completes \dfrac{1}{x} of the whole work per hour and the new employee completes \dfrac{1}{3x} of the whole work per hour.

Altogether the can complete

\dfrac{1}{x}+\dfrac{1}{3x}=\dfrac{4}{3x}

of the whole work per hour and need

\dfrac{1}{\frac{4}{3x}}=\dfrac{3x}{4}

hours to finish the whole work.

Working together, it takes them 9 hours, then

\dfrac{3x}{4}=9\\ \\3x=36\\ \\x=12\ hours

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