Work completion

The two workers dug together for 6 hours. The first worker would do the work himself in 14 hours. How long would it take for the second worker to complete the task?

Final Answer:

t =  10.5 h

Step-by-step explanation:

6 (1/14+1/t) = 1  t 6/14+6=t  8t=84  t=884=10.5  t=221=10.5=10.5 h



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