document.write( "Question 1008104: Hannah and Lindsay clean an office. Hannah can clean the office alone in 3 hours. While Lindsay can in 2 hours. HOw long will it take them if they work together? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "The rate of Hanna is  of the office area per hour.\r\n" );
document.write( "In other words, Hanna is cleaning  of the office area per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The rate of Lindsay is  of the office area per hour.\r\n" );
document.write( "In other words, Lindsay is cleaning  of the office area per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Working together, they are cleaning  +  =  +  =  of the office area per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, it will take  of hour (or 1 hour and 12 minutes) for Hanna and Lindsay to clean the office if they work together.\r\n" );
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document.write( "For more solved problems on joint work see the lesson Using fractions to solve word problems on joint work in this site.\r\n" );
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