SOLUTION: A painter paints a wall in x hours, so the fraction of the wall that she paints in 8 hours is

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Question 565958: A painter paints a wall in x hours, so the fraction of the wall that she paints in 8 hours is
Answer by KMST(1874) About Me  (Show Source):
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The amount of wall painted each hour is 1%2Fx
so she paints 8%2A%281%2Fx%29=8%2Fx walls in 8 hours.