SOLUTION: An experienced accountant can prepare a certain complexity of tax return in 9 hr .A novice accountant can do the job in 16 hr How wilt it take them to do the working together?

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Question 1150521: An experienced accountant can prepare a certain complexity of tax return in 9 hr .A novice accountant can do the job in 16 hr How wilt it take them to do the working together?
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An experienced accountant makes  1%2F9  of the job per hour.


A novice accountant makes  1%2F16  of the job [per hour.


Working together, they make  1%2F9+%2B+1%2F16  of the job per hour.


    1%2F9+%2B+1%2F16 = 16%2F144+%2B+9%2F144 = 25%2F144.


Thus, working together, they make  25%2F144 of the job per hour.


Hence, they will complete the job in  144%2F25 hours = 519%2F25 = 5.76 hours, working together.    ANSWER

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