SOLUTION: It takes 32 minutes for 9 people to paint 8 walls.
How many minutes does it take 4 people to paint 6 walls?
Algebra.Com
Question 895689: It takes 32 minutes for 9 people to paint 8 walls.
How many minutes does it take 4 people to paint 6 walls?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39616) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
ONE person paints walls at the rate of r walls per minute.
If n is how many people, t for time in minutes, j for amount of jobs, then .
and .
Work with them. TWO variables, two equations. Solve for r from the first equation and substitute into the second equation and solve for t.
RELATED QUESTIONS
It takes 64 minutes for 3 people to paint 8 walls.
How many minutes does it take 4... (answered by josmiceli)
It takes 49 minutes for 4 people to paint 7 walls.
How many minutes does it take 9... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com,josgarithmetic,josmiceli)
It takes 56 minutes for 10 people to paint 3 walls.
How many minutes does it take 8... (answered by macston,josmiceli)
It takes 35 minutes for 9 people to paint 10 walls.
How many minutes does it take 3... (answered by laoman)
It takes 40 minutes for 7 people to paint 6 walls.
How many minutes does it take 4... (answered by Theo)
please help me solve this problem,
it takes 16 minutes for 9 people to paint 8 walls.... (answered by josgarithmetic,stanbon,math_helper)
it takes 58 minutes for 9 people to paint 9 walls. how many minutes does it take 20... (answered by Alan3354)
It takes 48 minutes for 6 people to paint 6 walls.
How many minutes does it take 11... (answered by stanbon)
It takes 35 minutes for 10 people to paint 7 walls.
How many minutes does it take 6... (answered by Theo)