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A plumber can finish a job in 7 hours. Working with another plumber the job takes 4 hours.
How long would it take the second plumber to complete the job working alone?      

t = time 2nd plumber requires to finish the job working alone.
7t is the common denominator
The 1 represents the completed job.

4   
7
  +  
4   
t
 =   1

    (7t)  
  4   
7
 +   (7t)  
4   
t
 =  (7t) 1

    4t  
 +  
28   
 =   7t

28 = 7t - 4t
28 = 3t
28/3 = t
return