Earl can stuff advertising circulars into envelopes at the rate of 36 envelopes per minutes and Ellen requires a minutes and half to stuff the same number of envelops.Working together,how long will it take Earl and Ellen to stuff 240 envelopes	Choose the correct choice from the following answers
A) 6 minutes  B) 5 minutes  C) 7 minutes  D) 3 minutes  E) 4 minutes

Rationale: "earl takes 1 min . for 36 envelopes . ellen takes 3 / 2 mins for the same . so ellen can stuff ( ( 36 ) / ( 3 / 2 ) ) in 1 min . i . e . , 24 envlpes a min . so both of them when work together can stuff 36 + 24 = 60 envelopes in 1 min . for 240 envelopes they will take 240 / 60 mins . i . e . , 4 mins . answer : e"
Answer: E