If a person can complete a job in 8 hours and his/her friend needs 6 hours to do the same job, what portion of the job would the tow of them complete by working together

for two hours?

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Macie Fitzpatrick

25 February, 20:15

If a person can complete a job in 8 hours and his/her friend needs 6 hours to do the same job, what portion of the job would the tow of them complete by working together

for two hours?

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Valerie Edwards · Answer 1

Answer: Two people working together can do the job in 6 hr, so their combined speed is 1/6 of the job per hour. So, the second person takes 24 hr to do the job.

If a person can complete a job in 8 hours and his/her friend needs 6 hours to do the same job, what portion of the job would the tow of them complete by working togetherfor two hours?

If a person can complete a job in 8 hours and his/her friend needs 6 hours to do the same job, what portion of the job would the tow of them complete by working together

for two hours?