Apprentice
A master craftsman helped an apprentice complete part of a task, and the apprentice completed the rest himself. It turned out that the time needed to complete the task was three times shorter than if the apprentice had completed the entire task himself. How many times longer would it take the master to complete the task on his own compared to the time he spent helping the apprentice?
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