4.) Working together, Willie and Paul can pick forty bushels of apples in 6.24 hours. Had he done it alone it would taken Paul 12 hours. How long would it take Willie to do it alone?

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4.) Working together, Willie and Paul can pick forty
bushels of apples in 6.24 hours. Had he done it alone
it would taken Paul 12 hours. How long would it take
Willie to do it alone?
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