SOLUTION: 1.If dan makes 20 drinks in 5 minutes and Sue makes 20 drinks in 10 minutes and Jack makes 20 drinks in 15 minutes How much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix

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Question 315059: 1.If dan makes 20 drinks in 5 minutes and Sue makes 20 drinks in 10 minutes and Jack makes 20 drinks in 15 minutes How much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix the 20 drinks?

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1.If dan makes 20 drinks in 5 minutes and Sue makes 20 drinks in 10 minutes and
Jack makes 20 drinks in 15 minutes.
How much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix the 20 drinks?
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let t = time required when they all worked together
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Let the completed job = 1 (the mixing of 20 drinks)
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t%2F5 + t%2F10 + t%2F15 = 1
Multiply by 30, results
6t + 3t + 2t = 30
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11t = 30
t = 30%2F11
t = 2.73 minutes, or 2 min 44 sec
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Check solution using a calc
2.73%2F5 + 2.73%2F10 + 2.73%2F15 =
.546 + .273 + .182 = 1.00