SOLUTION: Solving Rational Equations: 'Joe can type one page in 8 minutes. Tyler can type one page in 12 minutes.How long would it take them working together, to type 50 pages?' I am having

Question 872145: Solving Rational Equations: 'Joe can type one page in 8 minutes. Tyler can type one page in 12 minutes.How long would it take them working together, to type 50 pages?' I am having the hardest time creating the form that the equation is supposed to be in, in order to solve the problem. Thank you.
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'Joe can type one page in 8 minutes. Tyler can type one page in 12 minutes.How long would it take them working together, to type 50 pages?' I am having the hardest time creating the form that the equation is supposed to be in, in order to solve the problem. Thank you.
let us say typing one page is = 1 job
Joe takes 8 minutes for the job
so he does 1/8 of the job in 1 minute
similarly Tyler does 1/12 of the job in 1 minute
So together they will do 1/12 + 1/8 of the job in 1 minute
= (2+3)/24
= 5/24 of the job in 1 minute
so they can type 24/5 pages in one minute
for 50 pages they will take 50 * 24/5 minutes
=240 minutes

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