SOLUTION: Barn Painting. Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself in x days. Her helper Melissa can paint the same barn by herself in 2x days. Write a rational expression for the fract

Question 146752: Barn Painting. Melanie can paint a certain barn by herself in x days. Her helper Melissa can paint the same barn by herself in 2x days. Write a rational expression for the fraction of the barn that they complete for 1 day by working together. Evaluate the expression for x = 5.
Answer by edjones(8007) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/x + 1/2x
=(2+1)/2x LCD=2x
=3/2x of the barn painted in 1 day working together.
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x=5
3/10 of the barn painted in 1 day working together.
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Ed
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