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# Wendy can build a birdhouse in 15 hours and Miguel can build

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Wendy can build a birdhouse in 15 hours and Miguel can build [#permalink]  18 Jun 2018, 14:46
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Wendy can build a birdhouse in 15 hours and Miguel can build an identical birdhouse in 10 hours. How many hours will it take Wendy and Miguel, working together at their respective constant rates, to build a birdhouse? (Assume that they can work on the same birdhouse without changing each other’s work rate.)

(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9
[Reveal] Spoiler: OA

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Re: Wendy can build a birdhouse in 15 hours and Miguel can build [#permalink]  02 Jul 2018, 05:07
sandy wrote:
Wendy can build a birdhouse in 15 hours and Miguel can build an identical birdhouse in 10 hours. How many hours will it take Wendy and Miguel, working together at their respective constant rates, to build a birdhouse? (Assume that they can work on the same birdhouse without changing each other’s work rate.)

(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9

A and B working together can complete a work in = $$\frac{(A*b)}{(A+B)}$$

Wendy and Miguel working together can finish the work in = $$\frac{(15*10)}{(15+10)}$$ $$=\frac{150}{25} = 6 hrs$$
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Joined: 07 Jun 2014
Posts: 4803
GRE 1: Q167 V156
WE: Business Development (Energy and Utilities)
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Kudos [?]: 2911 [0], given: 394

Re: Wendy can build a birdhouse in 15 hours and Miguel can build [#permalink]  07 Jul 2018, 04:43
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Explanation

Use two separate lines in a W = RT chart, one for Wendy and one for Miguel, to calculate their respective rates. Building 1 birdhouse equals doing 1 unit of work:

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Thus, Wendy’s rate is $$\frac{1}{15}$$ birdhouses per hour, and Miguel’s rate is $$\frac{1}{10}$$birdhouses per hour. Since Wendy and Miguel are working together, add their rates:

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Now solve for t by first combining the fractions:

$$1=(\frac{1}{15}+\frac{1}{10})t$$

$$1=(\frac{5}{30})t$$

$$t=6$$
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Re: Wendy can build a birdhouse in 15 hours and Miguel can build [#permalink]  09 Jul 2019, 05:50
sandy wrote:
Wendy can build a birdhouse in 15 hours and Miguel can build an identical birdhouse in 10 hours. How many hours will it take Wendy and Miguel, working together at their respective constant rates, to build a birdhouse? (Assume that they can work on the same birdhouse without changing each other’s work rate.)

(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 8
(E) 9

this is an easy type of question.
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