SOLUTION: It takes Ted 20 minutes to paint a wall. Burt can paint the same wall in 30 minutes. How long will it take for the two of them to do the job together?

Question 188377: It takes Ted 20 minutes to paint a wall. Burt can paint the same wall in 30 minutes. How long will it take for the two of them to do the job together?
Answer by jojo14344(1513) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

For Ted's job: 1 Wall/ 20 minutes

For Burt's job: 1 Wall / 30 minutes

Together Ted & Burt: 1 Wall / x minutes

Let's put that into Eqn:

----->
x=12 minutes Answer (working together)

Thank you,
Jojo

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