SOLUTION: Tarzan can pick forty bushels of apples in 12 hours. Jane can pick the same amount in 13 hours. If they worked together, how long would it take them?

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Question 827495: Tarzan can pick forty bushels of apples in 12 hours. Jane can pick the same amount in 13 hours. If they worked together, how long would it take them?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
40 bushels is a distraction.
1/12+1/13=1/x
x = 156/25
x = 6.2400