SOLUTION: If 4 painters can paint a house in 9 days,how many days would it take 6 painters to paint the house?

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Question 366782: If 4 painters can paint a house in 9 days,how many days would it take 6 painters to paint the house?
Answer by amoresroy(361)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If 4 painters can paint a house in 9 days,how many days would it take 6 painters to paint the house?
Let x = the number of days would it take 6 painters to paint the house
6x = 4*9
x = 36/5
x = 6
It would take 6days for 6 painters to paint the house


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