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Work Problems are word problems that involve different people doing work together but at different rates. Another problem involves pipes filling up a tank. Another name for these problems is working together word problems.We suggest solving working together word problems with the proportion. If we can complete a task in t hours, we can complete 1/t of the task in one hour.
Number of problems found: 775
- Medical facility
Stacie is a resident at the medical facility where you work. You are asked to chart the amount of solid food that she consumes. For the noon meal today, she ate 1/2 of a 3-ounce serving of meatloaf, 3/4 of her 3-ounce serving of mashed potatoes, and 1/3 o - One weekend
One weekend, Raul worked 5 ¾ hours on Saturday and 2 ⅔ hours on Sunday. How many hours did Raul work that weekend? Tips: a. What is asked? b. What is given? c. What operation should be used? a. What is the number sentence? b. Show your solution: - Plums 4
Last year, Peter's Market ordered 15 1/2 pounds of plums from a local orchard. This year, the market plans to order 1 1/4 times as many pounds of plums as were ordered last year. They want 2/5 of this order to be red plums. What is the total amount, in po - Doubravka 83293
Evelyn plows the garden in four hours, while her friend Doubravka can do it in three hours. Evelína started work at 1 p.m., and an hour later, Doubravka joined her so they could go swimming together. Calculate the time the girls can go to the swimming poo - Another 83290
Petra pushed a chair from one room to another with a force of 60N. She did 300 J of work. How far did Petra push the chair? - Together 83245
Jarka and Jana decided to decorate their common room. If Jarka painted it alone, it would take her 4 hours, and Jane 3 hours. How long would they paint the room if they painted together? - Families 83209
Coal for 15 families lasts 60 days. How many days will the coal last for 20 families? - Seamstresses 83192
Three sewers sew 7 skirts in 15 hours. How many skirts can 2 seamstresses make in 50 hours? - Equally 83095
John and Joseph carved the garden in 6 days. If an equally fast George joined them, how many days would it take them? - Simultaneously 83038
The cable car can take a given group of skiers out in 20 minutes and the lift in 30 minutes. How long will the lift and cable car take this group out simultaneously? - Horizontal 83020
What work must be done to bring a body of mass of 2 kg lying on a smooth horizontal plane from rest to a speed of 2 m/s? - Corrects 83017
The new teacher corrects papers for 9 hours, and the older one fixes them in 6 hours. How much will they repair together? - Squirrel 82999
A supply of acorns will last a squirrel for 12 weeks and a squirrel for 18 weeks. They ate acorns together for 4 weeks, then the squirrel left. How long did the squirrel have a supply of acorns? - Together 82970
The first tiler would tile the pool inside in 5 working hours; the second would need 7 working hours for the same job. How long would it take them to tile the pool inside together if the second tiler starts working on the pool 12 minutes later than the fi - Minutes 82967
The tank is filled with one inflow in 30 minutes, the other in 24 minutes. How many minutes will it take if both flows are open simultaneously? - Simultaneously 82966
The tank with a volume of 15 hl has two inlets. One flows 5 liters per minute, the other 3 liters per minute. How long will it take for the tank to be filled with both inflows simultaneously? - Together 82965
An older digger would dig a ditch by himself in 6 hours. A younger digger can handle the same trench in 3 hours. How long would it take them to dig if they worked together? - Companies 82884
The K+S company will mow the meadow in ten hours. The Kosačka company mows the meadow in six hours. How many hours would these companies mow one such meadow if they worked together? - Concerning 82883
Conductor A has an electrical potential of +140V concerning the Earth; conductor B has a potential of -60V. How much electric charge will we transfer from wire B to wire A if we do the work of 4.10-4 Joules? - Simultaneously 82806
An empty tank is filled with inflow in 30 minutes. A full tank is emptied in 75 minutes with an open drain. How long does it take for an empty tank to fill up if both the inlet and outlet are open simultaneously?
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