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My question is: 'Person A can complete a job in four hours. Person b can complete the job in 6 hours. Working at the same rate, How many hours will it take both of them to complete the job?'
I don't believe it is as easy as just adding the two together. Is it just finding the mean of the two working times; (6 hours + 4 hours)/2 ? Answer by sudhanshu_kmr(1152) (Show Source):
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Person A can complete work in 1 hour = 1/4 part
Person B can complete work in 1 hour = 1/6 part
Total work that can be done in 1 hour if both work together = 1/4 +1/6
= 5/12 part.
Time required to complete the work = 12/5 hours
By formula u can solve in this way : A*B/ (A+B)
= 4*6 /(4+6)
= 24/10 = 12/5 hours.
I hope it will help u to understand the solution.
Feel free to ask if any doubt...
