Re: hi.. how to solve this prob.

Given the old naval saying that the speed of a fleet is the speed of its
slowest ship, I'd give the smart-ar*e answer of 3.8 hours.

<tabishz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bill can do a job in 1.2 h, and John can do the same job in 3.8 h. How
> long will it take them to do the job together?
>
>
> time for both together = _________ hours
>
> i'm not getting a sure answer for this.. can anyone help me with
> 'howto' solve this..
>
> i'm getting two answers with one's 0.97 other's 2.5.. but i think
> neither of them is correct.
>


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