SOLUTION: tim can finish painting a barn in 10 hours. it takes his wife jo ann only 8 hours to do the same job. if they work together how long will it take them to complete the job?
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Question 1170261: tim can finish painting a barn in 10 hours. it takes his wife jo ann only 8 hours to do the same job. if they work together how long will it take them to complete the job?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Their combined work rate,
or
The TIME for the one job,
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