SOLUTION: When jack cleans the house it takes him 4 hours. When jose cleans his house it takes him 6 hours. How long woukd it take both of them if they work together?

Question 652579: When jack cleans the house it takes him 4 hours. When jose cleans his house it takes him 6 hours. How long woukd it take both of them if they work together?
Answer by MathLover1(20850) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Jack cleans the house at the rate of house per hour
Jose cleans house at the rate of house per hour
Adding gives you .
So together they clean of a house in one hour.
To clean one house together, it will take them of an hour, or

which is hours or hours and minutes
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