Alice, Barbara, and Cynia work on identical tasks at

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Alice, Barbara, and Cynia work on identical tasks at different constant rates. Alice, working alone, can complete the task in 21 hours. Is Alice's rate the slowest rate?

(1) Barbara, working alone, can complete the task in 14 hours, and Barbara and Cynia working together can complete the task in approximately 86% of the time taken by Alice and Cynia working together to complete the task.

(2) Barbara and Cynia can complete the task in approximately 71% of the time taken for Alice and Barbara to complete the task.

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Source: Princeton Review