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Question 403133: if prince can paint a house in 4hours and sam can paint the same house in 6hours how long will it take for both of them to paint the same house
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Question 403153: Mr. Brown painted two rooms in his house this past summer in 9 hours. Mr. Cook came over and helped him paint; the two of them worked together and painted another two rooms in 4 hours. How long would it have taken Mr. Cook to do the work, if he had done it himself?
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Question 403216: A mason can construct a retaining wall in 15 hours. With the mason's apprentice assisting, the task takes 10 hours. How long would it take the apprentice, working alone, to construct the wall?
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Question 404174: If it takes 3 man 4 days to lay 400 feet of pipe, how many men will it take to lay 2400 feet of pipe in 2 days?
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Question 381467: The OfficeJet printer can copy Maria's dissertation in 10 min. The LaserJet printer can copy the same document in 22 min. If the two machine work together, how long would they take to copy the dissertation?
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Question 404912: Working together, two people can mow a large lawn in 4 hours. One person can do the job alone 1 hour faster than the other person. How long does it take each person working alone to mow the lawn?

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Question 405087: It takes 6 hours to fill a tank, 8 hours to empty a tank. If both valves are open, how long does it take to fill the tank? I don't want the answer I just want help on setting up the problem. thank you for your time and help
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Question 405292: office has an old copying machine and a new one. together it takes both machines 4 hours to copy all financial reports. alone it takes the old copier 15 hours longer than the new one to make all copies . how long will it take the new copying machine to make all the copies
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Question 406050: Two men painted a room in 3 hours. How long would it take each of them while working alone to paint the room if the faster one can do it in 2 1/2 hours less than the other one?
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Question 406194: Jane can paint a 12 x 12 foot wall in 3/4 hour. how long will it take her to paint antohter wall that is 15 x 16 feet?
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Question 406691: there are 100 liters of water in a tub 10 liters of water is aded to the tub a minute(M) write an expression for the amount in liters in the tub after 5 mintues.

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Question 406713: three men paint a house in 5 days. How long will it take 2 men to paint the house?
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Question 406717: To supply a small factory with enerygy costs $580 per week when it is open 5 days a week for 8 hours a day. Find how much energy it will cost to supply the factory with energy if the working day is extended to 9.5 hours?
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Question 407100: sam can do job in 4 days, Lisa - 6 days, Tom - 2 days. How long would the job take to complete if they worked together ?
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Question 407746: Pls help me solve this word problem:
Two men paint a home. Jim can paint it alone in 5 days and Alan in 8 days. They start to paint it together but after 2 days Alan gets sick and Jim finishes alone. How long does it take him to paint alone?
Thank you
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Question 407455: If it takes workers A and B 2 days to complete a job. And it takes workers B and C 3 days to complete the same job. And it takes workers A and C 4 days to complete this job how long does it take each worker to do this job alone. And what formulas are used.
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Question 407642: A printing company purchased a new copier that is twice as fast as the old copier. With both copiers working at the same time, it takes 10 hours to do a job. How long would it take the new copier working alone
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Question 407992: IF IT TAKE 3 PAINTERS 4 HOURS TO PAINT A ROOM HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE 1 PAINTER TO PAINT THAT SAME ROOM
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Question 408348: Alex and Bobby work together to primer their master’s fence. This takes them thirty minutes. If they had to work alone, Alex would take twenty-five minutes more to paint their sensei’s fence than Bobby would take. How long would it take Alex to paint their master’s fence if working alone? Please make sure to clearly define any variables you use, and write your final answer in the form of a complete sentence with appropriate units.
Thank you,

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Question 408671: It takes pipes A,B, and C 3 hours to fill a moat. It takes A and C 4 hours and B and C takes 5 hours to fill the moat. How long will it take A and B to fill the moat?
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Question 408399: if a girl works for 8mins and her brother works for 15mins, they can wash the front windows of their house. also, if the girl works for 12 mins and her brother works for 10mins, they can wash the same windows.how long will it take each person to wash the windows?
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Question 409722: One pipe can fill a swimming pool in 6 hours, and another pipe can do it in 9 hr. How long will it take the two pipes working together to fill the pool 3/4 full?
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Question 410057: It takes jane 15 hours to paint a house. It takes john 18 hours to paint the same house. How long will it take both of them, working together, to paint the house?
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Question 410571: Jane, Paul and Peter can finish painting the fence in 2 hours. If Jane does the job alone she can finish it in 5 hours. If Paul does the job alone he can finish it in 6 hours. How long will it take for Peter to finish the job alone?
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Question 410517: If 3 people working together at the same rate can do a job in 5 1/3 days, what fraction of that job can 2 of these people do in 1 day?
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Question 410460: It takes 6 people to build a house in 8 days, how many people does it take to build a house in one day?
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Question 410433: a printer can print 50 pages in 2 minutes, how many pages can it print in 30 minutes

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Question 410615: If you make $824 for working 49 hours in a week. how much do you make an hour?
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Question 410954: please help me sol this equation: One pump can fill a water tank in 3 h, and another pump that takes h. When the tank was empty, both pumps were turned on for 30 min. and then the faster pump was turned off. How much longer did the slower pump have to run before the tank was filled?
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Question 410985: A contractor took a contract for 45 days and employed 110 workers. If they complete ¼ of work in 15 days then how many extra workers he need to complete it.

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Question 411388: Ralph can do one thirds of a job in two thirds of an hour. How long will it take to complete the whole job?
I don't really know where to start. And I would really appreciate the steps to get the answer for future reference. Thank you!
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Question 411440: A large pipe can fill a tank in 10 minutes, and a smaller pipe can fill the tank in 20 minutes. How long will it take to fill the tank if the both pipes are used at the same time?
Thank you,
--Nienyotza
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Question 411524: A painter can paint a house in 3 days. When his helper works with him, both men can paint the house in 2 days. How long will it take the helper, working alone, to paint the house?
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Question 411522: A farmer can plow a field in 12 hours by using one tractor. His son, using a different tractor can plow it in 10.5 hours. How long will it take the farmer and his son working together to plow the field?
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Question 411633: if 4 painters complete a painting job in 15 days working hours per day, how long would it take 6 painters working 10 hours per day to finish the job ? please show all the steps and calculations
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Question 411792: Working together, Elisa and Chelsea can inflate twenty balloons in 6.96 minutes. Had she done it alone it would have taken Chelsea 15 minutes. find how long it would take Elisa to do it alone.
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Question 412349: Together kim and chris sort recyclables in 2 hours and 55 minutes. Alone it takes kim 2 hours more than chris. How long does it take chris alone ?
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Question 407255: Jonathan and Jose could build a shed, working together, in 6 2/3 hours; but Jonathan worked alone for 3 hours and was then joined by Jose, after which they finished the shed in 5 hours. If they were paid according to the amount of work each accomplished, how should $96 be divided between them?
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Question 412877: Susan can paint a room in 6 hrs, while Tom can paint the same room in 5 hrs. Working together, how long will it take them to paint the room?
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Question 412931: Marissa can arrange the card catalog of the library in 8 days. The assistant take 12 days to do it. If they work together, what part of the card catalog is arranged after 4 days?

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Question 413168: An oil tanker can be emptied by the main pump in 4 hours. An auxiliary pump can empty the tanker in 9 hours. If the main pump is started at 9 am, when should the auxiliary pump be started so that the tanker is emptied by noon?

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Question 413303: An experienced bricklayer can work twice as fast as an apprentice bricklayer. After they worked 8 hrs. the experienced one quit. The apprentice required 12 more hrs. to finish the job. How long would it take the experienced one, working alone, to do the job?
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Question 413815: An oil tanker can be emptied by the main pump in 4 hours. An auxiliary pump can empty the tanker in 7 hours. If the main pump is started at 7 pm, when should the auxiliary pump be started so that the tanker is emptied by 10 pm?
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