SOLUTION: ethan could slice 9 tomatoes in 40 minutes and jennifer could slice t tomatoes in x minutes. how long would they have to work together to finish slicing 100 tomatoes?

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Question 1157826: ethan could slice 9 tomatoes in 40 minutes and jennifer could slice t tomatoes in x minutes. how long would they have to work together to finish slicing 100 tomatoes?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) About Me  (Show Source):
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Ethan, 9%2F40 tomatos per minute
Jennifer, t%2Fx tomatos per minute

Both working together slicing tomatos
9%2F40%2Bt%2Fx tomatos per minute

Time for 100 tomatos
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