A farmer can pick 12 cabbages in 1 hour. Working at the same rate, how long in hours would it take two farmers to pick 48 cabbages?

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If one farmer can pick 12 cabbages per hour, then two farmers working together at the same rate can pick twice as many cabbages in the same amount of time: 12 × 2 = 24 cabbages per hour. To find how long it takes to pick 48 cabbages, divide the total number of cabbages by their combined rate: 48 cabbages ⁄ 24 cabbages/hour = 2 hours.

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