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Holly and Mistle

Monday 1st December 2025

Two elves, Holly and Mistle, are helping to fill a magical toy sack for Santa. Working together, they can fill the sack in 22.5 minutes. The quicker elf could fill the sack all by their 'self', 24 minutes faster than the slower elf.

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How many minutes would it take each elf to fill the toy sack on their own?

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