SOLUTION: Mr. McGregor has discovered that a large dog can destroy his entire
garden in 2 hours and that a small boy can do the same job in 1 hour.
How long would it take the large dog a
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Question 1179398: Mr. McGregor has discovered that a large dog can destroy his entire
garden in 2 hours and that a small boy can do the same job in 1 hour.
How long would it take the large dog and the small boy working
together to destroy Mr. McGregor’s garden?
Answer by ikleyn(52847) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Ha - ha - ha . . .
It is a standard and typical joint work problem.
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- Selected joint-work word problems from the archive
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