Work Rate
GRE glossary · Quantitative Reasoning
Definition
The fraction of a job completed per unit of time.
Work Rate in plain English
Represent a worker who finishes in t hours as completing 1/t of the job per hour. Add rates for simultaneous work and convert the combined rate back to time at the end.
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