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Josephine can correct her students test papers in 11 hours, but if her teacher’s assistant helps, it would take them 6 hours. How long would it take for the assistant to do it alone?_hours

Josephine Can Correct Her Students Test Papers In 11 Hours But If Her Teachers Assistant Helps It Would Take Them 6 Hours How Long Would It Take For The Assista class=

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We are given that Josephine completes a task in 11 hours and she together with her assistant completes the task in 6 hours. To determine the amount of time it would take the assistant alone, we will use the following relationship:

[tex]\frac{1}{t_T}=\frac{1}{t_1}+\frac{1}{t_2}[/tex]

Where:

[tex]\begin{gathered} t_T=\text{ time to complete the task together} \\ t_1=\text{ time to complete the tast by Joseph}ine \\ t_2=\text{ time to complete the tast by her assistant} \end{gathered}[/tex]

If we substitute the known values we get:

[tex]\frac{1}{6}=\frac{1}{11}+\frac{1}{t_2}[/tex]

Now we solve for t2. First we subtract 1/11 from both sides:

[tex]\frac{1}{6}-\frac{1}{11}=\frac{1}{t_2}[/tex]

Solving the operation we get:

[tex]\frac{5}{66}=\frac{1}{t_2}[/tex]

Now we invert both sides:

[tex]\frac{66}{5}=t_2[/tex]

Therefore, it would take the assistant 66/5 or 13.2 hours.

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