Anita can clean a typical pool in 8 hours. Chao can clean a typical pool in 6 hours. How long should it take Anita and Chao work

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Nana76 [90]

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Anita can clean a typical pool in 8 hours. Chao can clean a typical pool in 6 hours. How long should it take Anita and Chao work

ing together to clean a typical pool? Show all your work. Leave your final answer as an integer or reduced fraction.

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ivanzaharov [21] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-25T02:13:36+03:00

Anita can clean 1/8 portion of the pool in 1 hour

Chao can clean 1/6 portion of the pool in 1 hour

Both of them working together can clean 1/8 + 1/6 = 7/24 portion of the pool in 1 hour

Therefore, it will take both of the working together 1/(7/24) = 24/7 or 3 3/7 hours to clean a typical pool.