Jim and shirley, working together, can rake the yard in 3 hours. working alone, shirley takes three times as long as jim. how long does it take jim to rake the yard alone?

4 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Let time taken by Jim to rake be x hours

Jim's rate will be 1/x

Let y be time taken by Shirley to rake alone

Shirley's rate is 1/y which is equivalent to 1/3x since Shirley takes three times as long as Jim to imply Shirley's rate is slow

Total rate=1/x+1/3x=4/3x

Combined rate=4/3x which it takes them 3 hours hence a rate of 1/3

Therefore

4/3x=1/3

x=4 hours

circle area = pi * radius^2

if diameter = 10 then radius = 5

circle area = pi * 5^2

circle area = pi * 25

circle area = 78.5398163397 square units

step-by-step explanation:

a variable is any characteristics, number, or quantity that can be measured or counted. a variable may also be called a data item. hope i !