SOLUTION: If tbone can paint a car in 4 hours and walker texas ranger can paint the same car in 6 hours, how long will it take them to paint the car together?

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Question 144970: If tbone can paint a car in 4 hours and walker texas ranger can paint the same car in 6 hours, how long will it take them to paint the car together?
Found 2 solutions by jephkapi, vleith:
Answer by jephkapi(1)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
(6+4)/2=5
Answer by vleith(2983)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
tbone can do 1/4 car per hour
texas can do 1/6 car per hour
together they can do per hour
= per hour
How many hours to do a whole car
5/12 * t = 1
t = 12/5 = 2.5 hours

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