Question 1081754

It takes Eugene 11 hours to pick 40 bushels of apples. Jasmine can pick the same amount in 8 hours. How long would it take them if they worked together 
<pre>It's the SAME JOB each is doing, so 40 bushels is considered A JOB, or 1 JOB
Eugene does {{{1/11}}} of the job in 1 hour, and Jasmine does {{{1/8}}} of the job in 1 hour
Let time both take, working together, be T
Therefore, we get: {{{1/11 + 1/8 = 1/T}}}
8T + 11T = 88
19T = 88
T, or time both take = {{{highlight_green(matrix(1,4, 88/19, or, 4&12/19, hours))}}}