SOLUTION: Martha can rake the leaves in her yard in 8 hours. Her brother can do the job in 6 hours. How long will it take them to do the job working together?Mar
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: Martha can rake the leaves in her yard in 8 hours. Her brother can do the job in 6 hours. How long will it take them to do the job working together?Mar This question is from textbook College Algebra
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Martha is doing 1/8 each hour her brother 1/6 each hour so together they work 1/6 + 1/8 = 14/48 = 7/24 in a hour.
7/24 -------> 1 hour
1 -------> x
then x=24/7 so the response is 24/7 hours
