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One person can do a certain job in 20 minutes and another person can do the same job in twenty eight minutes. how many minutes will it take them to do it together
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One person can do a certain job in 20 minutes and another person can do the same job in twenty eight minutes. how many minutes will it take them to do it together

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Answer: 12 minutes

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User Einheri
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I'm terrible at math, so I'm sorry if I'm totally wrong, but I'm assuming you just take the average:

20+28=48m
48/2=24m

On average, it may take them 24m if they work together.
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