SOLUTION: If I can paint a house in 4hrs and You can paint a house in 6hrs...... How long will it take us to paint the house together? Please help ASAP

Question 441815: If I can paint a house in 4hrs and You can paint a house in 6hrs...... How long will it take us to paint the house together?
Please help ASAP
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Add the separate rate of painting
houses/hour ( for you ) + houses/hour ( for me ) = houses / hour ( together )
Let = time to paint house working together

Multiply both sides by

Note that minutes
It will take 2 hours and 24 minutes working together
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