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


Mark can do a certain job in 5 minutes. Joe can do the same job in 7 minutes.

Mark and Joe work together to complete the same job. However, Mark starts working 1 minutes after Joe starts to work. How many minutes will it take for them to complete the job once Joe starts to work?


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