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- If 1000 articles of a give type can be turned out by a first machine in 8 hours, by a second in 5 hours, and by a third in 4 hours, how
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- If 1000 articles of a give type can be turned out by a first machine in 8 hours, by a second in 5 hours, and by a third in 4 hours, how long will it take to turn out the articles with all machines working? Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! a=8 b=5 c=4
1/a+1/b+1/c=1/x
1/8+1/5+1/4=1/x
5/40+8/40+10/40=1/x
23/40=x
40/23=x
x=1.73913043 hours working together
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1/a+1/b+1/c=1/x
1/8+1/5+1/4=1/40/23
5/40+8/40+10/40=23/40
23/40=23/40
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