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Suppose that one worker can shovel snow from a storefront sidewalk in 50 minutes and another worker can shovel it

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Suppose that one worker can shovel snow from a storefront sidewalk in 50 minutes and another worker can shovel it in 30 minutes. How long will it take if they work together?

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