Delayed Start Work Word Problems
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Answer the following work problem. Report your answer to the nearest tenth of a month.


Mark can do a certain job in 6 months. Shawna can do the same job in 5 months.

Mark and Shawna work together to complete the same job. However, Mark starts working 3 months after Shawna starts to work. How many months will it take for them to complete the job once Shawna starts to work?


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