Question

Candy and Tim share a paper route. It takes Candy 85 min to deliver all the papers, and it takes Tim 65 min. How long does it take the two when they work together?

Answer 1

The time required to finish the work by both candy and Tim working together = 36.83 minute

Explanation:

Time taken by the candy to finish the work
`T_(1)`= 85 min

Time taken by the Tim to finish the work
`T_(2)` = 65 min

Thus the time taken by both to finish the work =
`(T_1 *\ T_2)/(T_1 + T_2)`

Put the values of
`T_(1)` and
`T_(2)` we get ,

`T_{}` =
`(85 *\ 65)/(85 + 65)`

`T_{}` =
`(221)/(6)`

`T_{}` = 36.83 minute

Thus the time required to finish the work by both candy and Tim working together = 36.83 minute