SOLUTION: It takes Abhasra 12 hours to clean an attic. Totsakan can clean the same attic in 16 hours. Find how long it would take them if they worked together. (Round your answer to the near

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Question 1122793: It takes Abhasra 12 hours to clean an attic. Totsakan can clean the same attic in 16 hours. Find how long it would take them if they worked together. (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth) Thanks!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) About Me  (Show Source):
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A’s rate:
+1%2F12+
T’s rate:
+1%2F16+
Add their rates of working to get
Their rate working together
+1%2F12+%2B+1%2F16+=+1%2Ft+
+4%2F48+%2B+3%2F48+=+1%2Ft+
Multiply both sides of +48t+
+4t+%2B+3t+=+48+
+7t+=+48+
+t+=+6.857+
It takes them 6.86 hrs working together