SOLUTION: Printer A can print a report in 3 hours. Printer B can print the same report in 4 hours. How long would it take both printers, working together, to print the report?
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Question 193317: Printer A can print a report in 3 hours. Printer B can print the same report in 4 hours. How long would it take both printers, working together, to print the report?
Answer by Mathtut(3670) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
printer 1 can do 1/3 of the report per hour
printer 2 can do 1/4 of the report per hour
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together:
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(1/4+1/3)t=1
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(3/12+4/12)t=1
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(7/12)t=1
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t=12/7 of an hour for both
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