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One data entry clerk can input one day's worth of sales information in 5 hours. A second clerk can input one day's worth of information in 4 hours. Working together, how long will it take, in hours, the two clerks to input five day's worth of sales information?

(A) 2 2/9
(B) 4 1/2
(C) 11
(D) 11 1/9
(E) 11 1/4
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Re: One data entry clerk can input one day’s worth of sales information i [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2021, 11:03
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One data entry clerk can input one day's worth of sales information in 5 hours. A second clerk can input one day's worth of information in 4 hours. Working together, how long will it take, in hours, the two clerks to input five day's worth of sales information?

(A) 2 2/9
(B) 4 1/2
(C) 11
(D) 11 1/9
(E) 11 1/4


Clerk A will complete 15 in work in 1 hour and Clerk B will complete 14 in 1 hour.
To gather in one hour they will complete 15+14=920 of the work.
For 5 days worth of work or 5 times the work, they will take 5∗20/9=100/9=1119 hours.
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Re: One data entry clerk can input one day’s worth of sales information i [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2021, 01:18
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Re: One data entry clerk can input one day’s worth of sales information i [#permalink] New post   28 Sep 2021, 09:22
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One data entry clerk can input one day’s worth of sales information in 5 hours. A second clerk can input one day’s worth of information in 4 hours. Working together, how long, will it take, in hours, the two clerks to input . . . ve days’worth of sales information?

(A) 2 2/9
(B) 4 1/2
(C) 11
(D) 11 1/9
(E) 11 1/4


The question is incomplete, there should be number of days' worth of sales information.
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