SOLUTION: Three boys can paint a fence in 4 hours, 5 hours, and six hours respectively. Find how long it will take all three boys to paint the fence together.
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Question 430641: Three boys can paint a fence in 4 hours, 5 hours, and six hours respectively. Find how long it will take all three boys to paint the fence together. Found 2 solutions by rosey51235, Alan3354:Answer by rosey51235(30) (Show Source):
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well if all 3 are working together, you would just average all 3 times together.
4+5+6=15
then divide it by 3 (3 boys)
15/3=5
together, it will take the boys 5 hours to paint the fence.
Hope I helped!
-Rose
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Three boys can paint a fence in 4 hours, 5 hours, and six hours respectively. Find how long it will take all three boys to paint the fence together.
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1 does 1/4 per hour
1 does 1/5 per hour
1 does 1/6 per hour
Together, they do 1/4 + 1/5 + 1/6 per hour
= 15/60 + 12/60 + 10/60 = 37/60 per hour
--> 60/37 hours/fence
=~ 1.62 hours
