SOLUTION: It would take Sue 3 hours to do all the math problems. It would take Bubba 5 hours to do all the moth problems. (Bubba did not pay attention.) How long will it take them to do al

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Question 1160057: It would take Sue 3 hours to do all the math problems. It would take Bubba 5 hours to do all the moth problems. (Bubba did not pay attention.) How long will it take them to do all the problems if they work together? It would take _________ hours working together
Answer by josgarithmetic(39625) About Me  (Show Source):
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Does "Bubba did not pay attention", have some effect on his rate or the combined rate of both he and Sue? If no, then this piece of information is not important to the problem description.


Their combined rate:
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5%2F15%2B3%2F15
8%2F15
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How many hours for all the problems,
15%2F8
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1 hour 53 minutes