My computer can download a movie in 5 hours. If I install an extra processor it can download the movie in 4 hours. How long, working alone, would it have taken the new extra processor to download the movie?

Respuesta :

Answer:

20 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Computer download=5 hours

Computer + Extra processor=4 hours

Computer's rate =1/5 per hour

Computer + extra processor rate=1/4 per hour

Extras processor rate=1/x

Where,

x=how long it takes extra processor to get the job done on its own.

To find x, we have to solve the equation

1/5 + 1/x = 1/4

Subtract 1/5 from both sides

1/5 + 1/x -1/5 = 1/4-1/5

1/x=1/4-1/5

1/x = 5-4/20

1/x = 1/20

Cross product

1(20)=x(1)

20=x

x=20 hours

It would have taken the new extra processor alone 20 hours to download the movie

Answer:

5*4=20

Step-by-step explanation:

20