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OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e §8.5 Simplify Complex Rational Expressions · Exercise 46 · Algebra · Rational expressions

Simplify Complex Rational Expressions · Exercise 46

Ironing Lenore can do the ironing for her family’s business in hours. Her daughter would take hours to get the ironing done. If Lenore and her daughter work together, using 2 irons, the number of hours it would take them to do all the ironing is .

ⓐ Simplify the complex fraction .
ⓑ Find the number of hours it would take Lenore and her daughter, working together, to get the ironing done if .

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OpenStax, Elementary Algebra 2e · §8.5 Simplify Complex Rational Expressions · Exercise 46

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