Math reading problem. Rational equation.

Question

In 2 minutes, a conveyor belt moves 300 pounds of recyclable aluminum from the delivery truck to a storage area. A smaller belt moves the same quantity of cans the same distance in

22 minutes. If both belts are​ used, find how long it takes to move the cans to the storage area.

I'm trying to figure out how to convert this into fraction form as well.

Answer 1

This is a comment on the initial answer. Using the distance formula, I found all side lengths to be the square root of 90.

Answer 2

The larger belt does 1/2 or 11/22 of the job in a minute.

The smaller belt does 1/22 of the job in a minute.

Together they do 11/22 + 1/22 = 12/22 = 6/11 of the job in a minute

It will thus take them 11/6 minutes to do the whole job.