It takes Joan 2 times longer than Jane to file the reports. Together, they can file the reports in 8 minutes. How long would it

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take each woman to file the reports by herself?
It takes Jane _ minutes to complete the job.

It takes Joan _ minutes to complete the job.

1 answer:

kiruha [24] · Answer 1 · 2023-05-31T03:19:09+03:00

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Answer:

It takes Jane 2 2/3 minutes

It takes Joan 5 1/3 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

let j = time it takes Jane

let 2j = time it take Joan

j + 2j = 8

3j = 8

j = 8/3 or 2/23

2j = 16/3 or 5 1/3

It takes Joan 2 times longer than Jane to file the reports. ​Together, they can file the reports in 8 minutes. How long would it