SOLUTION: pat has been assigned the job of picking apples from the family orchard.he could do the job alone in 8 hours. he knows that his sister patti,could do the job in 7 hours.he begs her
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Question 322359: pat has been assigned the job of picking apples from the family orchard.he could do the job alone in 8 hours. he knows that his sister patti,could do the job in 7 hours.he begs her to help,and she agrees.how long will both of them take to pick the apples? round your answer to the nearest tenth Answer by Fombitz(32388) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Rate*Time=Output
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Let Z be the total output of the orchard.
Let Rp be Pat's rate,
Let Ri be Patti's rate,
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. <--- Divide both sides by Z hours
