SOLUTION: Twins Dante's and Edmund have been taking turns each week shampooing the living room carpet (dimensions 5.40m north-south by 3.60m east west) it takes Dante three hours to shampoo
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Question 908726: Twins Dante's and Edmund have been taking turns each week shampooing the living room carpet (dimensions 5.40m north-south by 3.60m east west) it takes Dante three hours to shampoo the whole carpet, while Edmund can do the same job in two and a half hours. how long does it takes them to shampoo the whole carpet? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! it takes Dante three hours to shampoo the whole carpet, while Edmund can do the same job in two and a half hours.
how long does it takes them to shampoo the whole carpet?
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let t = time required when they work together to shampoo the whole carpet
let the completed job = 1 (a clean carpet
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Each will do a fraction of the carpet, the two fractions add up to 1 + = 1
multiply by 15 to clear the denominators
15* + 15* = 15*1
Cancel the denominators and you have
5t + 6t = 15
t = 15/11
t = 1.36 hrs or 1 + .36(60) = 1 hr 22 min working together
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The size of the carpet is not relevant to this problem
