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Two teams working together can finish a job in 8 days. If the first team works alone for two days and then the second team works alone for 5 days 5/8 of the total work still remains. How many days would it take each team to finish the work alone? The answer is not 16 and 24. Will award 100 points.

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The answer is 12 days and 24 days.

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Answered by Benjemin

Two teams working together can finish a job in 8 days. If the first team works alone-example-1
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