SOLUTION: A candymaker specializes in making "turtles" (pecan caramel candies). She has two machines - a newer machine, which can make one hundred turtles in seventy minutes, and an older ma
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Question 1044009: A candymaker specializes in making "turtles" (pecan caramel candies). She has two machines - a newer machine, which can make one hundred turtles in seventy minutes, and an older machine, which can make one hundred turtles in ninety minutes. She wants to make one hundred boxes of turtles, each of which holds forty turtles. How many hours would it take for both machines, working together, to produce enough turtles to fill those boxes? Answer by ikleyn(52803) (Show Source):
