SOLUTION: Candy and Tim share a paper route. It takes Candy 45 minutes to deliver all the papers, whereas Tim takes 90 minutes. How long does it take them when they work together?

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Question 1166339: Candy and Tim share a paper route. It takes Candy 45 minutes to deliver all the papers, whereas
Tim takes 90 minutes. How long does it take them when they work together?
Found 2 solutions by josgarithmetic, ikleyn:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) About Me  (Show Source):
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In minutes, time needed is 1%2F%281%2F45%2B1%2F90%29.
Simplify that.

Answer by ikleyn(52776) About Me  (Show Source):
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In 90 minutes, Candy will complete 2 jobs, while Tim will complete one job.


Working together, they complete 3 jobs in 90 minutes,  or 1 job in 30 minutes.


ANSWER.  Working together, they complete the job in 30 minutes.

Solved (mentally).