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Martha can rake the leaves in her yard in 2 hours. Her brother can do the job in 6 hours. How long will it take them to do the job

working together?

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The combined rate at which they complete the job is the sum of their individual rates, so their combined rate is 2 + 6 = 8 hours per job.

Therefore, they will do the job in 1/8 of the time it would take either of them working alone, so it will take them 1/8 of 2 hours = 15 minutes to do the job together.

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Answer: 4 hours

Step-by-step explanation: the difference (6-2) = 4

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