SOLUTION: jim can paint a house in 6 hours. bob can paint the same house in 4 hours. How long will it take the two of them to paint the house

Question 279233: jim can paint a house in 6 hours. bob can paint the same house in 4 hours. How long will it take the two of them to paint the house
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Find the hourly rate of the two painters:
If Jim can paint the house in 6 hours, then he can paint of the house in 1 hour.
If Bob can paint the house in 4 hours, then he can paint of the house in 1 hour.
Working together, Jim & Bob can paint of the house in 1 hour.
If they can paint of the house in 1 hour, then they can paint the entire house in hours.

hours or...
2 hours 24 minutes.
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