Posted by Karen on Monday, May 18, 2009 at 2:02pm.
combined rate = 1/4 + 1/6 + 1/2 = 11/12
so time taken for working at combined rate = 1/(11/12)
= 12/11 hours
or 1 hour and about 5 minutes
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