Question 197442
If Sam can do a job in 4 days that Lisa can do in 6 days and Tom can do in 2 days, how long would the job take if Sam, Lisa, and Tom worked together to complete it? 
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You have to use the reciprocals:
Sam does 1/4 of the job per day
Lisa does 1/6
Tom does 1/2
Add those up.
1/4 + 1/6 + 1/2 = 11/12 job/day together.
Then, it takes 12/11 days to do the job.
12/11 = 1.090909... days.