SOLUTION: a father and his son are painting a wall. If they paint together it takes 4 days to complete, but if the father paint it alone, it will be 6 days faster than the son paint it alone
Algebra.Com
Question 849348: a father and his son are painting a wall. If they paint together it takes 4 days to complete, but if the father paint it alone, it will be 6 days faster than the son paint it alone. So, what is the time needed for the son to paint the wall alone?
Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
4/(s-6)+4/s=1
s=12 f=6
RELATED QUESTIONS
It takes a contractor 4 days to paint a house. His apprentice takes 6 days to paint the
(answered by richwmiller)
A man can paint his home in 6 days. His sone can do the same job in 12 days. How long... (answered by checkley77)
John can paint a wall in 9 days and Kyle paints the same wall in 15 days. Find out: a)... (answered by josmiceli)
A painter and his son can paint a room together in 8 hours. If the father works alone for (answered by Edwin McCravy)
A father and his son are working together to paint a picket fence. The father can paint a (answered by Alan3354)
a man paint a house in 4 days and his son paint the house in 6 days. how many days will... (answered by josgarithmetic,ikleyn)
If it takes Roger 60 minutes to paint a wall. It takes Stephanie 40 minutes to paint the... (answered by fractalier)
It takes Nate five hours to paint a wall, and it takes Jill seven hours to paint the same (answered by stanbon)
Andrew, Beth, and Carlos are painting a house. If Andrew and Beth paint the house... (answered by josmiceli)