SOLUTION: Sue an experienced shipping clerk can fill a certain order in 7 hours. tome a new clerk needs 9 hours to do the same job. working together how long will it take them to fill the or

Question 905199: Sue an experienced shipping clerk can fill a certain order in 7 hours. tome a new clerk needs 9 hours to do the same job. working together how long will it take them to fill the order?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Here's a similar problem and solution.
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rebecca can paint a room in 9 hours. Ryan can paint the same room in 8 hours. How long does it take for both rebecca and ryan to paint the room if they are working together
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Reb paints 1/9 of the room per hour.
Ryan paints 1/8 of the room per hour.
Together, they paint 1/8 + 1/9 = 17/72 room per hour
--> 72/17 hours/room
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Here's a shortcut:
It's 8*9/(8+9) = 72/17
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