SOLUTION: Can you please help me with this question... " Working alone, two people can clean their house in 3 hours and 6 hours. They have agreed to clean together so that they can finish in

Question 751005: Can you please help me with this question... " Working alone, two people can clean their house in 3 hours and 6 hours. They have agreed to clean together so that they can finish in time to watch tv in 1 1/2 hours. How long will it take them to clean the house together? Can they finish before the program on tv starts?"
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You made this question redundant. The time would be 1 and 1/2 hours for the two of them to clean the house if they work together. You already explained the answer.
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