SOLUTION: Problem: Recovering golf balls. Susan and Joan are diving for golf balls in a large water trap. Susan recovers a golf ball every 0.016 hour while Joan recovers a ball every 0.025 h

Question 143539: Problem: Recovering golf balls. Susan and Joan are diving for golf balls in a large water trap. Susan recovers a golf ball every 0.016 hour while Joan recovers a ball every 0.025 hour. If both are working, then at what rate (in golf balls per hour) are they recovering golf balls?
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Susan's rate + Joan's rate = Rate working together
In words:
(1 golfball / .016 hrs) + (1 golfball / .025 hrs) = (x golfballs / 1 hrs)

multiply both sides by

They are recovering 102.5 golfballs per hr working together
check answer:

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