SOLUTION: Charlie can paint a house in 16 hours. He hires a partner so that working together they can paint a house in 10 hours. If charlie gets ill, how long will it take his partner to pai

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Question 891568: Charlie can paint a house in 16 hours. He hires a partner so that working together they can paint a house in 10 hours. If charlie gets ill, how long will it take his partner to paint the house by himself?
Found 2 solutions by nerdybill, josmiceli:
Answer by nerdybill(7384)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Charlie can paint a house in 16 hours. He hires a partner so that working together they can paint a house in 10 hours. If charlie gets ill, how long will it take his partner to paint the house by himself?
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Let x = time (hours) it takes for partner alone
then
10(1/16 + 1/x) = 1
multiplying both sides by 16x we get:
10(x + 16) = 16x
10x + 160 = 16x
160 = 6x
160/6 = x
26.667 = x
or
26 hours and 40 minutes = x (answer)

Answer by josmiceli(19441)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Add their rates of painting to get their rate
painting together
Charlie's rate:
( 1 house ) / ( 16 hours )
Let = time in hours for the partner
to painty the house
Partner's rate:
( 1 house ) / ( t hours )
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Multiply both sides by




The partner will take 26 hours and 40 minutes
working alone

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