a carpenter worked alone for 1 day on a job that would take him 6 more days to finish . he and another carpenter completed the job in 7 more days . how many days would it have taken the second carpenter to do the complete job working alone ?
"a carpenter worked only 1 day on something that takes him 6 more days . means ; carpenter finishes his work in 7 days . let his buddy finish the same task in x days . respective rates per day : 1 / 7 and 1 / x to complete 1 work : first guy worked for 5 days @ rate = 1 / 7 per day . second one worked for 7 days @ rate = 1 / x per day expression : days * rate = work 5 * 1 / 7 + 7 * 1 / x = 1 5 x + 49 = 7 x 2 x = 49 x = 24.5 days . ans : e"
divide(multiply(7, add(1, 6)), const_2)