Unknown Rate Work Word Problems
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Answer the following work problem. Report your answer to the nearest tenth of a month.


Alone, Alice can do a certain job in 26 months. When Alice and David work together, they can finish the same job in 16 months.

How long would it take David to do the job alone?


months