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Question 646234: 2 mice eat 2 meals in 2 days, how many mice can eat 18 meals in 6 days?
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Question 646234: 2 mice eat 2 meals in 2 days, how many mice can eat 18 meals in 6 days?
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Question 646234: 2 mice eat 2 meals in 2 days, how many mice can eat 18 meals in 6 days?
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Question 646397: how many full test tubes it would take to fill the pool , with 2500 cubic meters
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Question 646730: If it takes 5 men 6 days to build a house, how many days will it take if only 3 men are able to work?
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Question 647194: One pipe can fill a tank in 40 minutes while another takes 60 minutes to fill the same tank. How long would it take to fill the tank if both pipes are running?
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Question 647832: IF IT TAKES JOE THREE HOURS TO MOW A LAWN WITH HIS LAWN MOWER AND IT TAKES TED SIX HOURS TO MOW THE SAME LAWN WITH HIS LAWN MOWER, HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE JOE AND TED WORKING TOGETHER TO MOW THE LAWN.
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Question 648142: If you clean a fish tank in 30 mins, and your brother cleans it in 45 mins, how long will it take if you work together?

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Question 648334: You can paint a certain room in 7 hours. Your brother can do it in 4 hours. How long does it take the two of you working together?

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Question 649267: Next door neighbors Bob and Jim use hoses from both houses to fill Bobs swimming pool. They know that it takes 18 hours to fill using both hoses. They also know that Bobs hose, used alone, takes 20% less time than Jims hose alone. How much time would is required to fill the pool by each hose alone? .. I am having a hard time showing my work, not neccesarily getting the answer but id aprreciate any help
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Question 650084: sam is filling his swimming pool. the fill pipe for a swimming pool can fill the pool in 2 hours, and the drain pipe can drain it in 3 hours. Sam accidentally leaves both pipes open. How long will it take to fill the swimming pool
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Question 651030: A tank can be filled in 2 hours. The same tank can be emptied in 6 hours. If the faucet is turned on and drain is left open, when will the tank overflow?
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Question 651259: George can paint a room alone in six hours. Ed can paint the same room alone in eight hours. George starts painting at 10:00 A.M. Ed joins George at 11:00 A.M. and the two men continue painting until the room is completed. At what time will they finish painting the room?
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Question 651311: It take 5 people to mow the lawn in 12 hours. How long would it take for 2 people to complete the same job?
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Question 652081: two masons can build a wall in 3.5 hours. Calculate how long it will take 5 masons to build the same wall.
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Question 652579: When jack cleans the house it takes him 4 hours. When jose cleans his house it takes him 6 hours. How long woukd it take both of them if they work together?
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Question 652992: Susan can stamp x letters per minute. How many letters can she stamp in 3 hours?
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Question 653087: Tom and Butch can clean the lawn in 40 minutes if they work together. If Butch works twice as fast as Tom, how long does it take Tom to clean the lawn alone?
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Question 653257: Six people can put a fence in 8 hours,how long would it take 1 person
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Question 653004: Together Bill and Fred working at the same rate rake a yard in an hour and a half. If three of their friends had joined them at the start and also worked at the rate, it would have taken them ___ minutes for the five of them to rake the yard.
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Question 653705: ONE BOTTLING MACHINE CAN FILL 400 BOTTLES OF WATER IN 1 HOUR AND ANOTHER MACHINE CAN FILL 400 BOTTLES OF WATER IN 1.5 HOURS. IF BOTH MACHINES ARE WORKING, HOW MUCH TIME DOES IT TAKE TO FILL 400 BOTTLES OF WATER?
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Question 653878: Andrew can paint the neighbors house 5 times as fast as Bailey. The year Andrew and Bailey worked together, it took them 9 days. How long would it take each to paint the house?
Answer
Andrew: 10 4/5
Bailey 54 days
But how?
If I read this right my formula should be:
R T Equation
Andrew 1/x 9 9 1/x
Baily 1/5x 9 9 1/5x
9/x+1/5x=1
Now I’m lost LCD should be x+5X?

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Question 653990: If sally can paint a room in 9 hours, and it takes dave 5 hours to paint the same room, how long will it take them if they work together?
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Question 654355: Sarah can paint a fence in 4 hours . her father can paint it in 2 hours . if they work together , how long will it take them ?
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Question 654457: While working 7 hours day, A alone can complete a piece of work in 6 days and B alone in 8 days. In what time would they complete it together, working 8 h a day?

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Question 654548: ashley makes 105 in seven hours how much does she make in four hours
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Question 654548: ashley makes 105 in seven hours how much does she make in four hours
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Question 655248: A swimming pool can be filled in 24 hours by 5 equal pumps.how many such pumps are required to fill the pool in 6 hours?
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Question 655292: Two student can paint 6 classrooms in 3 days?. How many student,working at the same rate are needed to paint 10 uniform type similar houses in 2 days?
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Question 656105: A piece of work can be done by Beejay in 4 days, by Ryan in 7 days, and by Buds in 10 days. If the three work together, how long will it take them to do the job?
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Question 656173: three workers can mow the lawn of the stadium in 8 hours. how many workers working at the will mow the lawn in 2 hours?
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Question 657011: The total number of people working for one company is 123. Another company has 40 fewer people. How many people work for the second company?

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Question 657079: A 36,000 gallon tank is being filled at a rate of 60 gallons per minute. At this rate , how many minutes will it take to fill the pool 2/3 full?
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Question 657201: 6 children and 2 men complete a certain peice of work in 6 days ,each child takes twice the time teken by a man to fifnish the work ,in how many days will 6 men ll finish the work?
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Question 657421: If Steven can mix 20 drinks in 5 minutes, Sue can mix 20 drinks in 10 minutes, and Jack can mix 20 drinks in 15 minutes, how much time will it take all 3 of them working together to mix the 20 drinks?
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Question 655932: Ryan can paint a fence in 10 hours. Assanji can paint a fence in 8 hours. how long will it take them to paint it if they work together?
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Question 657887: Working 8 hours a day, 24 men do a piece of work in 15 days. Find how many days it would take 16 men working 9 hours a day, to do the same piece of work
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Question 657936: Sam can type 5 pages in 10 minutes, Tom can type 10 pages in 5 minutes, together how many pages can they type in 30 minutes.
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Question 658486: Anna can do a work in 12 hrs while Ben can do the same in 8 hrs. Anna has already worked for 90 mins when Ben came, how many more hours will the two finish the remaining work?
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Question 658504: If 10 people can finish a job in 30 days, In how many the job can be completed by 30 persons?
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Question 658831: if A can do the work in "x" days and B in "y" days, how long will they finish the job working together?
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Question 658835: It takes Myline twice as long as Jeana to do a certain piece of work. Working together, they can finish the work in 6 hours. How long would it take Jeana to do it alone?
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Question 658838: Crew No. 1 can finish installation of an antenna tower in 200 man-hour while Crew No. 2 can finish the same job in 300 man-hour. How long will it take both of the crews to finish the same job, working together?
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Question 658837: A farmer can plow the field in 8 days. After working 3 days, his son joins him and together they plow the field in 3 more days. How many days will it require for the son to plow the field alone?
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