SOLUTION: Janet can shovel snow freom her driveway in 50 minutes. Bill can do the same job in 45 minutes. How long would it take Janet and Bill to shovel the driveway if they worked togethe

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Question 478034: Janet can shovel snow freom her driveway in 50 minutes. Bill can do the same job in 45 minutes. How long would it take Janet and Bill to shovel the driveway if they worked together.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Shoveling the snow 1 job
Janet 50 minutes
She does 1/50 job in 1 hour
Bill 45 minutes
He does 1/45 of thejob in 1 hour

Together they will do 1/50 + 1/45 +
Together they will do 3/71 of the job in one hour
So they will take 23 2/3 minutes