document.write( "Question 425874: a lion devours a sheep in 4 hours. a leopard devours a sheep in 5 hours. a bear devours a sheep in 6 hours. how long will it take the three animals eating simultaneosly to consume a single sheep? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "a lion devours a sheep in 4 hours. a leopard devours a sheep in 5 hours. a bear devours a sheep in 6 hours.
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Calculations in the post by @mananth are incorrect/(inadequate to given data).\r
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document.write( "Individual rates are 1/4, 1/5 and 1/6 for the lion, the leopard and the bear, respectively.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, the combined rate is  the sum\r\n" );
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document.write( "     +  +  =  +  +  = .\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that the three animals will consume a single sheep in    hours,  \r\n" );
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document.write( "or, approximately, in 1 hour and 38 minutes (rounded up).\r\n" );
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