SOLUTION: Please help me with my take home exam. One computer can solve a complex prime factorization problem in 75 minutes. A second computer can solve the same problem in 50 mins. Ho

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Question 65129: Please help me with my take home exam.

One computer can solve a complex prime factorization problem in 75 minutes.
A second computer can solve the same problem in 50 mins. How long would
it take both computer working together to solve the problems?


Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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First, find the rate (job per minute) of each computer.
If one computer can solve the problem in 75 minutes, then it can solve 1/75 of the problem in 1 minute.
If the second computer can solve the problem in 50 minutes, then it can solve 1/50 of the problem in 1 minute.
Together, the two computers can solve %281%2F75+%2B+1%2F50%29 of the problem in 1 minute.
1%2F75+%2B+1%2F50+=+2%2F150+%2B+3%2F150 = 5%2F150+=+1%2F30
If the two computers can solve 1%2F30 of the problem in 1 minute, then it will take them 30 minutes to solve the whole problem working together.