Question

It takes a bear 9 more days to eat a barrel of honey alone than it takes the bear and a second bear to eat the barrel of honey together. It takes the first bear 7 fewer days to eat a barrel of honey alone than it takes the second bear to eat a barrel of honey alone. In how many days can the two bears eat a barrel of honey together?

Answer 1

Answer:

it takes the bears 12 days to eat honey together.

Step-by-step explanation:

1/x+9+1/x+16=1/x

(solve this using cross multiplication)

= x^2 = 144

x=12