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Set up appropriate equations and solve the given stated problems. All numbers are accurate to at least two significant digits.

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Set up appropriate equations and solve the given stated problems. All numbers are accurate to at least two significant digits.

One company determines that it will take its crew 450 h to clean up a chemical dump site, and a second company determines that it will take its crew 600 h to clean up the site. How long will it take the two crews working together?

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Chapter # 6- Factoring and Fractions
Section: Exercises 6.7
Problem: 52
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