Question

Two laboratory technicians are running product quality tests. One technician takes 6 minutes less than the

Answer 1

Answer:

The time it will take will be ;

t = (2x -6)/(x^2-6x)

Where x is the amount of time

in minutes taken by the technician who is slower

Step-by-step explanation:

We want to write the time it would take to run the tests if the technicians work together.

Let the time taken by the first technician be x minutes

The time that would. taken by the second is 6 minutes less which is (x -6) minutes

So if they work together, how long will it take?

That would be ;

t = 1/x + 1/(x-6)

t = (x + x -6)/(x(x-6))

t = (2x -6)/(x^2 -6x)

The time it will take if they both work together is ;

t = (2x -6)/(x^2-6x)

where x minutes is the amount of time taken by the technician who is slower of the two