SOLUTION: A painter can paint a kitchen in 8 hours. An apprentice can paint the same kitchen in 24 hours. If they worked together, how long would it take them to paint the kitchen?
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Question 774646: A painter can paint a kitchen in 8 hours. An apprentice can paint the same kitchen in 24 hours. If they worked together, how long would it take them to paint the kitchen?
Answer by tommyt3rd(5050) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we can add their work rates, to solve for the time:
1/t=1/8+1/24
1/t=3/24+1/24
1/t=4/24
t=6
together they finish in 6 hrs
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