Problema Solution
olivia can type a report in two hours john can type one in three if they wirk together how long will it take them
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Olivia's rate is 1/2 reports per hour.
John's rate is 1/3 reports per hour.
Let 'x' represent the number of hours it will take to do the report together.
1/x reports per hour is the together rate.
Now we can write the following equation:
1/2 + 1/3 = 1/x
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x = 1.2 hr
x = 1 hr 0.2*60 min
x = 1 hr 12 min
It will take them 1 hour and 20 minutes to do the report together.