Work time

Josef would do the work himself in 5 hours. Josef and Michael would do the work together in 3.5 hours. Determine how long it would take Michael to do the job independently.

Final Answer:

x =  11.6667 h

Step-by-step explanation:


x/5+1 = x/3.5

0.428571x = 5


x = 5/0.42857143 = 11.66666667

x = 35/3 ≈ 11.666667

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