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


David can do a certain job in 6 days. Shawna can do the same job in 5 days.

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


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