we know that Bob can do the whole job in 14 hours, how much of the work has he done in 1 hour only? well since he can do the whole lot in 14 hours in 1 hour he has only done 1/14 th of the job.
we know that James can do it in 18 hours, a bit slower, so in 1 hour he has done only 1/18 th of the job.
let's say it takes both of them working together say "t" hours, so in 1 hour Bob has done (1/14) of the work whilst James has done (1/18) of the work, the whole work being t/t or 1 whole, so for just one hour that'd 1/t done by both Bob and James.

The unknown number equals x. (you can use any other letter)
the unknown number is being subtracted by 3.
x-3.
now if it is no more than 2, it must be less than 2,
x-3<2
hope this helps
8 and 1 are alternate exterior angles.
__ 5 __, __
the first would be 2
after 5 is 8
after 8 is 11
Hope this helps!!!
<span>4x-6y=24
2x-3y=12
2x-12=3y
y=2/3*x-4</span>