SOLUTION: diana can decorate 15 cookies in an hour; jane can decorate 15 cookies in two hours. how many hours would it take to decorate 60 cookies if they worked together?

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Question 886337: diana can decorate 15 cookies in an hour; jane can decorate 15 cookies in two hours. how many hours would it take to decorate 60 cookies if they worked together?
Answer by JulietG(1812) About Me  (Show Source):
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Diana decorates 15 cookies per hour
Jane decorates 7.5 cookies per hour
Total per hour for both combined is 22.5 cookies per hour
60 / 22.5 = 2 2%2F3hour or 2 hours 40 minutes