SOLUTION: You can type 7 pages in 2 hours, and your friend can type 8 pages in 3 hours if you both worked together in how many hours would it take the two of you to type 37 pages?

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Question 893811: You can type 7 pages in 2 hours, and your friend can type 8 pages in 3 hours if you both worked together in how many hours would it take the two of you to type 37 pages?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
just so happens to be easy to solve.
every 2 hours you type 7 pages
2 7
4 14
6 21
friend
3 8
6 16
21+16=37 so in 6 hours you two can do 37 pages.