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Yu Jie can complete a quilt in 16 days, while Mufeed can make a quilt in 12 days. If they solicit help from Mya, who can complete the task in 14 days, how long will it take the three of them to complete a quilt? Round your answer to the nearest whole day.

a. 3 days
b. 4 days
c. 5 days
d. 6 days

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Final answer:

It will take Yu Jie, Mufeed, and Mya approximately 6 days to complete a quilt when working together.

Step-by-step explanation:

In order to determine how long it will take the three of them to complete a quilt, we need to calculate their individual rates of work. Yu Jie can complete a quilt in 16 days, Mufeed can complete a quilt in 12 days, and Mya can complete a quilt in 14 days. We can calculate their rates of work by taking the reciprocal of the number of days it takes them to complete a quilt.

Yu Jie's rate of work is 1/16 quilts per day, Mufeed's rate of work is 1/12 quilts per day, and Mya's rate of work is 1/14 quilts per day. To determine how long it will take the three of them to complete a quilt when working together, we add up their rates of work:

1/16 + 1/12 + 1/14 = 105/672 quilts per day.

Since we want to find out how long it will take for them to complete 1 quilt, we take the reciprocal of their combined rate:

672/105 = 6.4 days.

Rounding to the nearest whole day, it will take the three of them approximately 6 days to complete a quilt.

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