SOLUTION: It takes John 12 hours to proof read a chapter of hawks learning systems it takes Philip three hours how long would it take them working together? Round your answer to two decimal

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Question 1073065: It takes John 12 hours to proof read a chapter of hawks learning systems it takes Philip three hours how long would it take them working together? Round your answer to two decimal places
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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John's rate plus Philip's rate is their combined rate when proofreading together.

1%2F12%2B1%2F3, in CHAPTER%2FHOURS

1%2F12%2B4%2F12
5%2F12

HOURS per CHAPTER is 12%2F5;
2%262%2F5

2 hours 24 minutes

Answer by ikleyn(52817) About Me  (Show Source):
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There is a wide variety of similar solved joint-work problems with detailed explanations in the lessons
    - Using Fractions to solve word problems on joint work
    - Solving more complicated word problems on joint work
    - Selected joint-work word problems from the archive
in this site.

Read them and get be trained in solving joint-work problems.

Also, you have this free of charge online textbook in ALGEBRA-I in this site
    - ALGEBRA-I - YOUR ONLINE TEXTBOOK.

The referred lessons are the part of this textbook under the topic "Rate of work and joint work problems" of the section "Word problems".