Asked by J

It takes the mighty ant only two weeks to build a tunnel underneath the ant farm, but it takes the puny ant 3 weeks. If puny can put aside his jealousy so the two of them can work together. how many weeks will it take them to build 15 tunnels?

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Mighty's rate = 1/2 tunnel/week.
Puny's rate = 1/3 tunnel/week.
Combined rate = 1/2 + 1/3 = 5/6 tunnel/week.

Time for 15 tunnels = 15 ÷ (5/6) = 15 × 6/5 = 18 weeks.