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myra can weed a garden in 3 hours.ana can do it in 4 hours.how long will it take them to weed the gaden if they work together?

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myra can weed a garden in 3 hours, so each hour she does 1/3 of the job.

ana can do it in 4 hours, so each hour she can do 1/4 of the job.

If they work together, each hour they can do 1/3 + 1/4 of the job.

The time they need to finish the job is 1/(1/3+1/4) = 1/(7/12) = 12/7 = 1 5/7 hours

The answer is 1 5/7 hours