Carcass wrote:
Angela, Bernie, and Colleen can complete a job, all working together, in 4 hours. Angela and Bernie, working together at their respective rates, can complete the same job in 5 hours. How long would it take Colleen, working alone, to complete the entire job?
A. 8 hours
B. 10 hours
C. 12 hours
D. 16 hours
E. 20 hours
For these kinds of work questions, it's often useful to 
assign a nice value to the entire jobWe're looking for a value that works best with 4 hours and 5 hours. 
So, let's say the entire job consists of making 
20 widgets (works with 4 and 5)
Let A = the number of widgets that Angela can make in ONE HOUR
Let B = the number of widgets that Bernie can make in ONE HOUR
Let C = the number of widgets that Colleen can make in ONE HOUR
Angela, Bernie, and Colleen can complete a job, all working together, in 4 hours. The job consists of making 
20 widgets
So, the COMBINED rate of all three people is 5 widgets per HOUR
In other words, A + B + C = 5 
Angela and Bernie, working together at their respective rates, can complete the same job in 5 hours. So, the COMBINED rate of Angela and Bernie is 4 widgets per HOUR
In other words, A + B  = 4 
How long would it take Colleen, working alone, to complete the entire job?If A + B + C = 5 
and A + B  = 4, then we can conclude that C = 
1In other words, Colleen can make 
1 widget in ONE HOUR  
The job consists of making 
20 widgets
Time = 
output/
rateSo, the time for Colleen to complete the entire job = 
20/
1= 20 hours 
Answer: E
Cheers,
Brent