SOLUTION: Person A can paint the neighbor's house 5 times as fast as Person B. The year A and B worked together, it took them 3 days. How long would it take each to paint the house?Person A

Question 168441: Person A can paint the neighbor's house 5 times as fast as Person B. The year A and B worked together, it took them 3 days. How long would it take each to paint the house?Person A would take ___ daysPerson B would take ____days
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let = the number of days it takes person A
to paint the house
Then it will take person B days
Their rates of painting are added to get
the rate working together
{one house)/(x days) + (1 house)/(5x days) = (1 house)/(3 days)

Multiply both sides by

It takes A 3.6 days working alone
It takes B 18 days woking alone
check answer:

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