Homer and Mike were replacing the boards on Mike's old deck. Mike can do the job alone in 1 hour less time than Homer. They worked together for 6 hours until Homer had to go home. Mike finished the job working by himself in an additional 6 hours. How long would it have taken Homer to fix the deck himself?

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Genesis Schmitt

23 November, 09:12

Homer and Mike were replacing the boards on Mike's old deck. Mike can do the job alone in 1 hour less time than Homer. They worked together for 6 hours until Homer had to go home. Mike finished the job working by himself in an additional 6 hours. How long would it have taken Homer to fix the deck himself?

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Lyric Waller · Answer 1

7

Step-by-step explanation:

Since Mike took 6 hours and he takes 1 hour less than Homer to do complete something alone then you add 1 to 6 and get 7. Homer would've took 6 hours.