Pat, kate and mark charged a total of 144 hours to a certain project .

Pat, kate and mark charged a total of 144 hours to a certain project . If pat charged twice as much time to the project as kate and 1/3 as much times as mark, how many more hours did mark charge to the project than kate.

Quiz

Answer/Solution

80

Steps/Work

Let Kate charge for x hours,
then Pat charged for 2x and Mat - for 6x.
So, 2x+6x+x = 144 -total hours charged for,
x= 16.
Mat charged 6x-x or 5x for more hours than kate, or for 80 hours .
C is correct

General Calculator / Auto Solver

Pat, kate and mark charged a total of hours to a certain project. If pat charged twice as much time to the project as kate and / as much times as mark, how many more hours did mark charge to the project than kate.

Calculated Answer

80

Step by Step Solution

In order to solve problem, you must evaluate n0 / (n1 + 2 + n2 * 2) * (n2 * 2 - n1).

n0 =144
n1 =1
n2 =3