document.write( "Question 321967: A small cooler can cool room 10 degrees in 90 minutes . a larger cooler can cool the room 10 degrees in 60 minutes. how long would it take to cool the room 10 degrees if both coolers were working ?\r
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document.write( "a 30 minutes b 36 minutes c 45 minutes d 50 minutes \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #230476 by mananth(16946) You can put this solution on YOUR website! cooling room 10 degrees is on job. \n" ); document.write( "small cooler can do the job in 90 minutes \n" ); document.write( "it will do 1/90th of the job in 1 minute \n" ); document.write( "big cooler can do the same job in 60 minutes \n" ); document.write( "this will do 1/60th of the job in 1 minute. \n" ); document.write( "together they can do 1/60+ 1/90 of the job in 1 minute \n" ); document.write( "3+2 / 180 \n" ); document.write( "= 5/180 \n" ); document.write( "for 1 job they will take 180/5 minutes \n" ); document.write( "= 36 minutes \n" ); document.write( " |