Question

Carrie can inspect a case of watches in 5 hours.James can inspect the same case of watches in 3 hours.After working alone for 1 hour,Carrie stops for lunch.After taking a 40 minute lunch break,Carrie and James work together to inspect the remaining watches.How long do Carrie and James work together to complete the job?
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Answer 1

Answer:

It takes Carrie and James an hour and a half to finish the job.

Step-by-step explanation:

assuming they have to inspect ONE case of watches.

Carrie can inspect 1/5 case in one hour.

James can inspect 1/3 case in one hour.

Carrie worked alone for 1 hour, so she finished 1/5 of a case.

She leaves 4/5 case to finish.

She had lunch.

After that, Carrie and James worked together for x hours to finish the job.

When they work together, the finish 1/5+1/3 = 8/15 case per hour.

So time to finisher the remaining case

Time = 4/5 / (8/15)

= 4/5 * 15/8

= 3/2 hours

= an hour and a half.