SOLUTION: If it takes one man 6 hours to paint a house and the other man 12 hours to paint the same house. How long does it take the both of them to paint it together?

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Question 306515: If it takes one man 6 hours to paint a house and the other man 12 hours to paint the same house. How long does it take the both of them to paint it together?
Answer by haelii(1)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
the answer would be 9hours each!
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