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Question 1180722: A large biotech firm uses two computers to process the daily results of its research studies. One computer can process the data in 2 hours; the other computer takes 3 hours to do the same job. How long would it take to process the data if both computers were used? Answer by ikleyn(52794) (Show Source):
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A large biotech firm uses two computers to process the daily results of its research studies.
One computer can process the data in 2 hours; the other computer takes 3 hours to do the same job.
How long would it take to process the data if both computers were used?
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Their combined rate of work is
+ = = of the job per hour.
Hence, it will take hours, or 72 minutes, for both computers to complete the job working together. ANSWER
