Pat has been assigned the job of picking apples from the family orchard. He could do the job alone in 8 hours. He knows that his sister, Patti, could do the job in 7 hours. He begs her to help, and she agrees. How long will both of them take to pick the apples? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.) @mathmate

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Pat has been assigned the job of picking apples from the family orchard. He could do the job alone in 8 hours. He knows that his sister, Patti, could do the job in 7 hours. He begs her to help, and she agrees. How long will both of them take to pick the apples? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)  @mathmate

mathmate · Answer

Good chance for you to apply what you learned in the previous example.
You know that the answer should be around half the time for each.

anonymous · Answer

i dont get u

mathmate · Answer

Check how long each person does in one hour.
If they work together, add them up.
Then the time required is the reciprocal.