time word problem

Stardust

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You have a staff of two clerks. Each clerk is able to file 10 messages in 15 minutes. Two hundred messages must be filed on a given day. If both clerks work at filing the messages, how many minutes will each take to do the task?

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Stardust said:
You have a staff of two clerks. Each clerk is able to file 10 messages in 15 minutes. Two hundred messages must be filed on a given day. If both clerks work at filing the messages, how many minutes will each take to do the task? Please help with this question.
Pretend you have 1 clerk able to file 20 messages in 15 minutes...
 
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