rate of A crew = wall/6
rate of B crew = wall/8
combined rate = wall/6 + wall/8
= 7wall/24
time with combined rate = wall/(7wall/24)
= 24/7
= 3.428 hours
= 3hours, 25.7 minutes
(notice the effective calculation was 1 รท (1/6 + 1/8)
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A contractor finds that it takes a crew A 6 hours to construct a wall of a certain size. Crew B takes 8 hours to construct a wall of the same size. How long will it take if they work together?
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