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Sue can sew a precut dress in 3 hours. Helen can sew the same dress in 2 hours. If they work together, how long will it take them to complete sewing that dr
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Sue can sew a precut dress in 3 hours. Helen can sew the same dress in 2 hours. If they work together, how long will it take them to complete sewing that dr
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Sue can sew a precut dress in 3 hours. Helen can sew the same dress in 2 hours. If they work together, how long will it take them to complete sewing that dress? Give your answer rounded to one decimal place, if necessary. Answer by funmath(2933) (Show Source):
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Sue can sew a precut dress in 3 hours. Helen can sew the same dress in 2 hours. If they work together, how long will it take them to complete sewing that dress? Give your answer rounded to one decimal place, if necessary.
Sue can sew 1 dress in 3 hours: 1/3
Helen can sew 1 dress in 2 hours: 1/2
Together they can sew 1 dress in t hours: 1/t
Problem to solve:
The LCD is 2*3*t=6t. If you multiply everything by the LCD you can clear your fractions:
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