Each week Manhattan GMAT posts a 700 level GMAT question on our blog and follows up with the answer the next day. Are you up for the challenge?
Machines A, B, and C can either load nails into a bin or unload nails from that bin. Each machine works at a constant rate that is the same for loading and for unloading, although the individual machines may have different rates. Working together to load at their respective constant rates, machines A and B can load the bin in 6 minutes. Likewise, working together to load at their respective constant rates, machines B and C can load the bin in 9 minutes. How long will it take machine A to load the bin if machine C is simultaneously unloading the bin?
(A) 12 minutes
(B) 15 minutes
(C) 18 minutes
(D) 36 minutes
(E) 54 minutes