im so lost ;-;
Working together, Ted and Daniel can sweep a porch in 6.24 minutes. Had he done it alone it would have taken Daniel 13 minutes. Find how long it would take Ted to do it alone.

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im so lost ;-;
Working together, Ted and Daniel can sweep a porch in 6.24 minutes.  Had he done it alone it would have taken Daniel 13 minutes.  Find how long it would take Ted to do it alone.

Hananko · Answer

what?

mylesnewman · Answer

if it's like that then my best guess is to subtract 6.24 from 13 and then multiply that number by 2. idk

Chickentender37 · Answer

that wasnt right :(

mylesnewman · Answer

i'm sorry it was just my best guess

Chickentender37 · Answer

it okay ty for trying

NemoEmo · Answer

could've subtracted 6.24 from 13

NemoEmo · Answer

I think

Vocaloid · Answer

Daniel alone can do the job in 13 minutes, which means he does 1/13 of the job per minute

Together, they take 6.24 minutes, which means together they do 1/6.24 of the job per minute

Using this same logic, if Ted takes (x) minutes, then he does 1/x of the job per minute

adding Daniel + Ted's work, you get 1/x + 1/13. you can set this equal to the total work per minute, 1/6.24. solve for x.