It takes carl 8 hours to plant his garden, but only 6 hours if his son him. how long would it take his son to plant the garden alone?

24 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Given : Time taken by Carl to plant his garden alone = 8 hours

If his son helps him , then the time taken by them = 6 hours

Let t be the time taken by son to plant the garden alone , then we have the following equation :-

Hence, the son will take 24 hours to plant the garden alone.

24 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Let t represent time taken by Carl's son to complete the work alone.

Part of garden planted by Carl's son in 1 hour would be .

We have been given that Carl can plant his garden in 8 hours, so part of garden planted by Carl in 1 hour would be .

We have been given that Carl can plant his garden in 6 hours with his son, so part of garden planted by Carl and his son in 1 hour would be .

Now, let us solve for t.

Make a common denominator:

Cross multiply:

Therefore, it will take Carl's son 24 hours to plant the garden alone.

y -5 = (-1/4)(x + 8)

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