Maria can clean the entire house in two hours. Her sister, Sasha, can clean the house in three hours. How long would it take for
two of them to do the job together?
1 answer:
72 minutes
We require their hourly rate of work
Maria cleans
the house in 1 hour
Sasha cleans
of the house in 1 hour
let x be the time it takes both to clean the house
+
= 
multiply through by 6x
3x + 2x = 6
5x = 6 ⇒ x = 
Together they can clean the house in 72 minutes
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