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Joey can plow a field alone for in four hours. It takes Luigi five hours to plow the same field alone. If they work together, how long will it take them to plow the the field?
13 years ago

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Reiny
Joey's rate = 1/4
Luigi's rate = 1/5
combined rate = 1/4 + 1/5 = 9/20

time at combined rate = 1/(9/20)
= 20/9
= 2.2222.. hrs
= 2 hours and appr. 13 minutes
13 years ago

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