Question

(20 POINTS!!!) Richie and his brother have a paper route. Together they can deliver all of the papers in 40 minutes, and Richie can do it alone in 90 minutes. Richie’s brother slept in one day, leaving Richie to deliver alone for 30 minutes. How long must the two of them work together to finish delivering the newspapers?

Answer 1

Simplify equation: 14 - 7y + 5 = 1 + 3y + 24

simplify again: 19 - 7y = 25 + 3y

add -25 and 7y to both sides: -6 = 10y

y = -6/10 or -0.6

2. After 30 minutes, richie has delivered 1/3 of the papers, so they have to deliver the remaining 2/3. Since they can deliver them all in 40 minutes, would the answer be 2/3 of 40? I'm not sure about this.