SOLUTION: A new crew of painters takes two times as long to paint a small apartment as an experienced crew. Together, both crews can paint the apartment in 6 hours. How many hours does it ta
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Question 980301: A new crew of painters takes two times as long to paint a small apartment as an experienced crew. Together, both crews can paint the apartment in 6 hours. How many hours does it take the experienced crew to paint the apartment?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39623) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
CREW_________________RATE
Old__________________1/x
New__________________1/(2x)
Combined_____________1/6
x is the time for the experienced, old crew to do one job.
Basic Fraction Arithmetic lets you solve for x.
Tell if any trouble.
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