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Old 24th Mar 2008, 04:09
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matt_hooks
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Pred, I don't think so.

First bloke (a) loads 1/2 a plane an hour
second bloke (b) loads 1/3 of a plane an hour
third bloke (c) loads 1/4 of a plane an hour.

Sooooo.

Lowest common denominator is 12

a = 6/12 per hour
b = 4/12 per hour
c = 3/12 per hour

So in one hour we have 13/12 planes loaded

Now, an hour divided by 13 = 4 minutes 37 seconds

and we only need 12 of those, so

It takes them, working as a team, assuming that each works at his normal rate, 55 minutes and 24 seconds.
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