A graphic designer and her assistant working together on complete an advertising layout in 6 days. The assistant working alone could complete the job in 16 more days than the designer working alone. How long would it take each person to do the job alone?

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anonymous · Answer

graphic designer - g
assistant -  a

1/16 of the job done in one day by designer

together they will do 1/6 of the job in one day

(1/6 -1/16)t= 1

assistant alone would do the job in 45/8 days

anonymous · Answer

i have to come up with 2 equations to plug one into the other..

anonymous · Answer

sorry should have been 48/5