SOLUTION: It takes one worker 5 hours to do the same job that it takes another worker 3 hours to do. If they work together, in how many hours will the job be done?
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Question 946294: It takes one worker 5 hours to do the same job that it takes another worker 3 hours to do. If they work together, in how many hours will the job be done? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! It takes one worker 5 hours to do the same job that it takes another worker 3 hours to do.
If they work together, in how many hours will the job be done?
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let t = time required when working together
let the completed job = 1
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Each will do a fraction of the job, the two fractions add up to 1 + = 1
Multiply the equation by the least common multiple of the denominators, namely: 15,
15* + 15* = 15
cancel the denominators, then you have:
3t + 5t = 15
8t = 15
t = 15/8
t = 1.875 hrs
