Let the time taken by 2nd computer be = x
Time taken by first computer = 60 seconds
Total time taken by both = 40 seconds
So, equation becomes:
[tex]\frac{1}{60}+\frac{1}{x}=\frac{1}{40}[/tex]
[tex]\frac{-1}{x}=\frac{1}{60}-\frac{1}{40}[/tex]
Solving this we get,
x=120 seconds
Hence, the 2nd computer will take 120 seconds to finish a search alone.
It would take the second computer 120 seconds to finish the same search
An equation is an expression used to show the relationship between two or more variables and numbers.
Let x represent the rate of the first computer and y represent the rate of the second computer.
Two computers working together can finish a search in 40 seconds. Hence:
It takes one of the computer 60 seconds, hence:
40/x + 2/3 = 1
x = 120 seconds
Therefore it would take the second computer 120 seconds to finish the same search
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