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Candy takes 57 minutes to deliver all the paper whereas Tim takes 114 minutes. How long does it take them where they work together

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-- Candy takes 57 minutes to do the whole job ==>
She does 1/57 of the job every minute.

-- Tim takes 114 minute to do the whole job ==>
He does 1/114 of the job every minute.

-- If they work together, they do (1/57 + 1/114) of the job every minute.
We have to add those fractions.

The least common denominator is 114.

(1/57 + 1/114)

= (2/114 + 1/114)

= 3/114 = 1/38 .

Working together, Candy and Tim do 1/38 of the job every minute.

So it takes them 38 minutes to do the whole job together.
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