A manufacturer of prefabricated homes has employees work in teams.
Team 1 can erect the Silvercrest model in 15 hours. Team 2 can erect the same model in 10 hours.
How long would it take for Team 1 and Team 2, working together, to erect the Silvercrest model home?
Answer (2)
Applying the **principle of adding work rates, **Team 1 and Team 2, with work rates of 1/15 and 1/10 home per hour respectively, will have a combined work rate of 1/6 home per hour. Therefore, working together, they would be able to construct a Silvercrest model home in 6 hours. ;
Team 1 and Team 2 can complete erecting the Silvercrest model home together in 6 hours. This result is found by adding their individual work rates. Team 1 works at a rate of 1/15 homes per hour, while Team 2 works at 1/10 homes per hour, leading to a combined rate of 1/6 homes per hour.
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