SOLUTION: 1.If dan makes 20 drinks in 5 minutes and Sue makes 20 drinks in 10 minutes and Jack makes 20 drinks in 15 minutes How much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix

Question 315059: 1.If dan makes 20 drinks in 5 minutes and Sue makes 20 drinks in 10 minutes and Jack makes 20 drinks in 15 minutes How much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix the 20 drinks?

Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.If dan makes 20 drinks in 5 minutes and Sue makes 20 drinks in 10 minutes and
Jack makes 20 drinks in 15 minutes.
How much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix the 20 drinks?
:
let t = time required when they all worked together
:
Let the completed job = 1 (the mixing of 20 drinks)
:
+ + = 1
Multiply by 30, results
6t + 3t + 2t = 30
:
11t = 30
t =
t = 2.73 minutes, or 2 min 44 sec
:
:
Check solution using a calc
+ + =
.546 + .273 + .182 = 1.00
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