2) Working alone, Adam can pick forty bushels of apples in 14 hours. One day his friend Perry helped him and it only took 5.48 hours. How long would it take Perry to do it alone?

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Name
nearest hundredth.
2) Working alone, Adam can pick forty
bushels of apples in 14 hours. One day his
friend Perry helped him and it only took
5.48 hours. How long would it take Perry
to do it alone?
4) James traveled to the town hall and back.
It took one hour longer to go there than it
did to come back. The average speed on
the trip there was 40 km/h. The average
speed on the way back was 60 km/h. How
many hours did the trip there take?
Transcribed Image Text:Name nearest hundredth. 2) Working alone, Adam can pick forty bushels of apples in 14 hours. One day his friend Perry helped him and it only took 5.48 hours. How long would it take Perry to do it alone? 4) James traveled to the town hall and back. It took one hour longer to go there than it did to come back. The average speed on the trip there was 40 km/h. The average speed on the way back was 60 km/h. How many hours did the trip there take?
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