Question

You can wash a car 1.5 times as fast as your friend. Working together, the two of you can wash 1 car in 6 minutes. How long does it take each of you to wash the car when working alone? Leave your answer as a fraction!

Answer 1

If the two of you can wash 1 car in 6 minutes:

It will take you 10 minutes to wash the car alone

take your friend 15 minutes to wash the car alone

Let the duration you can work be represented by y

Let the duration your friend can work be represented by x

You can wash a car 1.5 times as fast as your friend

That is, y = 1.5x

Working together, the two of you can wash 1 car in 6 minutes

This can be represented by the equation

$\frac{1}{x}+\frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{6}$

Substitute x = 1.5y into the equation above

$\frac{1}{1.5y}+\frac{1}{y} = \frac{1}{6}\\\\\frac{1+1.5}{1.5y} = \frac{1}{6}\\\\\frac{2.5}{1.5y} = \frac{1}{6}\\\\1.5y=2.5(6)\\\\1.5y=15\\\\y=\frac{15}{1.5} \\\\y=10$

It will take you 10 minutes to wash the car alone

Substitute y = 10 into x = 1.5y

x  =  1.5(10)

x  =  15 minutes

It will take your friend 15 minutes to wash the car alone

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