Solving a Work Problem
Sanjay and Felipe are putting together a 500-piece Use the table to write and solve an equation to
puzzle. Sanjay could do the entire puzzle by himself in 6 determine the approximate amount of time it would
hours, while it would take Felipe 8 hours to do the puzzle take Sanjay and Felipe to do the puzzle if they were
alone.
working together.
O 0.8 hours
Rate
(part/h)
Time
(h)
Part of puzzle
completed
1.7 hours
✓ 3.4 hours
Sanjay
t
t
O 7 hours
Felipe
t
t
can someone please explain to me how 500/6+500/8=3500/24 that’s where i’m stuck