Three people who work full-time are to work together on a
project, but their total time on the project is to be equivalent
to that of only one person working full-time. If one of the
people is budgeted for one-half of his time to the project and
a second person for one-third of her time, what part of the
third workers time should be budgeted to this project?

1/3

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1/6

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1/8

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The correct option is C 1/6
The required answer is $1 - 1 / 2 - 1 / 3 = 1 - (5 / 6) = 1 / 6$

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The correct option is C 1/6The required answer is 1−1/2−1/3=1−(5/6)=1/6

The correct option is C 1/6
The required answer is $1 - 1 / 2 - 1 / 3 = 1 - (5 / 6) = 1 / 6$