Question

It takes maria ten hours to pick up forty bushels of apples kayla can pick the same amount in 12 hours how long would it take them if they worked together

Answer 1

answer: 11 hours

Step-by-step explanation: if they work together and split the forty bushes to pick in half {divide by two} then they pick twenty bushes of apples each. So they work half less {divide by two} . So it Maria would need five hours while kayla works six { add together} which equals 11 hours