SOLUTION: ben finishes his work in 8 days. frank works 3 times faster than ben.james works 5 times faster than ben.How many days will it take for them to finish the job together?

Question 207414: ben finishes his work in 8 days. frank works 3 times faster than ben.james works 5 times faster than ben.How many days will it take for them to finish the job together?
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ben finishes his work in 8 days. frank works 3 times faster than ben.
james works 5 times faster than ben.
How many days will it take for them to finish the job together?
:
Ben's time = 8 days
Frank's time = days
Jame's time = days
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Let t = time to finish working together
Let the completed job = 1
:
+ + = 1
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Invert the dividing fraction and multiply, results
+ + = 1
:
Multiply equation by 8
t + 3t + 5t = 8
:
9t = 8
t = days working together
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