Problema Solution

A crew will arrive in one week and begin filming a city for a movie. The mayor is desperate to clean the city streets before filming begins. Two teams are available, one that requires 600hrs. and one that requires 300hrs. If the teams work together, how long will it take to clean all of the streets? Is this enough time before the cameras began rolling. It will take____hours to clean the streets.

Answer provided by our tutors

The time working together is x

So the equation is

1/600 + 1/300 = 1/x

So

x = 200

So

It will take 200 hours to clean the streets