SOLUTION: For Joan, it takes 10 hours to paint a house. However, Jessica takes 5 hours to paint a house. If working together, how long would they take?
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Question 1023170: For Joan, it takes 10 hours to paint a house. However, Jessica takes 5 hours to paint a house. If working together, how long would they take?
Answer by ikleyn(52824) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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For Joan, it takes 10 hours to paint a house. However, Jessica takes 5 hours to paint a house.
If working together, how long would they take?
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= = .
It will take hours = hours.
For details see the lesson Using fractions to solve word problems on joint work in this site.
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