SOLUTION: person one washes a car in 6 minutes person 2 washes the same car in 8 minutes how long will it take both persones to wash the car together?
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Question 975461: person one washes a car in 6 minutes person 2 washes the same car in 8 minutes how long will it take both persones to wash the car together? Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Fraction of car washed in a minute
(1/6) +(1/8)= (1/x)
Multiply all by 24x
4x+3x+24
7x=24
x=24/7
it will take 1/(24/7) minutes or 7/24 minutes
Together, they can do it in (1/6)+(1/8)= 7/24 minutes. This avoids the inversion with division.
