Highway Work ( frustrated with this )

• Nov 16th 2008, 10:07 AM
diehardmath4
Highway Work ( frustrated with this )
In checking records, a contractor finds that a crew A can pave a certain lenght of highway in 9hr, while crew B can do the same job in 12 hr. How long would it take if they worked together ?(Headbang)(Headbang)
• Nov 16th 2008, 10:53 AM
Soroban
Hello, diehardmath4!

Quote:

Crew A can pave a certain length of highway in 9 hours,
while crew B can do the same job in 12 hours.
How long would it take if they worked together?

Crew A can do the job in 9 hours.
. . In one hour, it can do $\tfrac{1}{9}$ of the job.
. . In $x$ hours, it can do $\tfrac{x}{9}$ of the job.

Crew B can do the job is 12 hours.
. . In one hour, it can do $\tfrac{1}{12}$ of the job.
. . In $x$ hours, it can do $\tfrac{x}{12}$ of the job.

Working together for $x$ hours, they can do: . $\tfrac{x}{9} + \tfrac{x}{12}$ of the job.

But in $x$ hours, we expect them to complete the job (1 job).

There is our equation: . $\frac{x}{9} + \frac{x}{12} \;=\;1$

Now solve for $x$ . . .

• Nov 16th 2008, 11:25 AM
diehardmath4
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