SOLUTION: If Patrick can paint a wall in 40 minutes what percent it can he pain in 1/2 hours

SOLUTION: If Patrick can paint a wall in 40 minutes what percent it can he pain in 1/2 hours

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Question 743150: If Patrick can paint a wall in 40 minutes what percent it can he pain in 1/2 hours
Answer by davethejackal(28) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Patrick can paint 100% of a wall in 40 minutes.
So he can paint (100/40)% of the wall in 1/40th of the time. i.e. 1 minute.
So he can paint 30 x as much as he can paint in 1 minute if he paints for 30 minutes (half an hour) = 30 x (100 / 40) %
= 75%.
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