SOLUTION: Betty can paint a fence in 5 hours. Steve can paint a fence in 3 hours. How many hours will it take them to paint a fence if they work together? Write and solve a rational equation
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Question 975590: Betty can paint a fence in 5 hours. Steve can paint a fence in 3 hours. How many hours will it take them to paint a fence if they work together? Write and solve a rational equation. Round to the nearest tenth of an hour
Answer by josgarithmetic(39799) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Their combined rate is the sum of their individual rates.
HOURS per FENCE
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