SOLUTION: One printer can do a printing job in 5 hours. Another printer can do the same in 11 hours. How long does it take the two printers to do the job working together? Just having tr

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Question 1008547: One printer can do a printing job in 5 hours. Another printer can do the same in 11 hours. How long does it take the two printers to do the job working together?
Just having trouble setting the problem up.
Answer by fractalier(6550) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The set up looks like this
t/5 + t/11 = 1 (1 job)
Now multiply by 55 and get
11t + 5t = 55
16t = 55
t = 55/16 hours