Maury and Tyra are making phone calls to state representatives' offices to lobby for an issue. Muary can call all 120 state repr

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Maury and Tyra are making phone calls to state representatives' offices to lobby for an issue. Muary can call all 120 state repr

esentatives in 10 hours. Tyra can call all 120 state representatives in 8 hours. How long would it take them to call all 120 state representatives together?

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oee [108] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-02T00:28:55+03:00

oee [108]3 years ago

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Maury = 120/10 (12 calls/hour)
Tyra = 120/8 (15 calls/hour)

Together they are 27 calls per hour.
120 / 27 = 4.4444444444

So it'd take them 4.44444444 (recurring) hours to make 120 calls.