The mayor

The mayor wanted to have the streets of an entire large neighborhood cleaned. The cleaning would take 8 hours with an older type of car, and 6 hours with a newer type. The cars started at once, but to make the cleaning process as quick as possible, an older car was added to the cleaning after two hours. At what time did the cleaning end if the first car left at 7:00 AM?

Result

h = 10:00 Wrong answer

Step-by-step explanation:


(h-7.00)/8 + (h-7.00)/6 + (h-9.00)/8=1

10h = 100


h = 100/10 = 10

h = 10

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