Ask Question
24 September, 17:09

A company has two large computers. The slower computer can send all the company's email in 35 minutes. The faster computer can complete the same job in 15 minutes. If both computers are working together, how long will it take them to do the job

+4
Answers (1)
  1. 24 September, 17:31
    0
    The rate for the first is 1 job / 35 minutes and for the second is 1 job / 15 minutes. So combined we get

    r = 1/35 + 1/15

    3*5*7r = 3 + 7 = 10

    r = 10 / (105) jobs per minute

    We're interested in 1/r

    1/r = 105/10 = 10.5 minutes per job

    Answer: 10.5 minutes
Know the Answer?
Not Sure About the Answer?
Find an answer to your question 👍 “A company has two large computers. The slower computer can send all the company's email in 35 minutes. The faster computer can complete the ...” in 📗 Mathematics if the answers seem to be not correct or there’s no answer. Try a smart search to find answers to similar questions.
Search for Other Answers