15 points!!!:

As a punishment for something naughty that we did, my little brother and I have to whitewash both sides of a fence. We start at the same time, and we each work at a constant rate.

If we each whitewash one side, I'll finish in 2 hours and my brother will finish in 3 hours. But I'm a nice kid, so after I finish my side, I go around to the other side and help my brother finish his side. From the time I start helping him, how many minutes does it take us to finish the job?

Respuesta :

If you’re both working at a constant rate, then he would have one hour left when you go to help him. Since there are two of you, you accomplish the task twice as fast, in 30 minutes