SOLUTION: Kelvin takes 3 hours to clean a fish tank. Rice takes 6 hours to clean an identical fish tank. If they are to clean the fish tank together, what fraction of the fish tank can they

Question 1180323: Kelvin takes 3 hours to clean a fish tank. Rice takes 6 hours to clean an identical fish tank. If they are to clean the fish tank together, what fraction of the fish tank can they clean in an hour?
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Find the fraction of the fish tank each person can clean in one hour.
Answer by ikleyn(52788) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Kelvin makes    of the job per hour.


Rice makes    of the job per hour.


Working together, they do   =  =  =   of the job per hour.    ANSWER

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