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


Sue can do a certain job in 5 days. Thadeus can do the same job in 11 days.

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


days