SOLUTION: Hi, Ron owns a painting company. His two employees paint a total of five rooms in a day. Ron is going to hire one more employee. Provide an estimate of how many rooms Ron's t

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Question 194966: Hi,
Ron owns a painting company. His two employees paint a total of five rooms in a day. Ron is going to hire one more employee.
Provide an estimate of how many rooms Ron's three employees will be able to paint in a day? Can you please explain?

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Ron owns a painting company. His two employees paint a total of five rooms in a day. Ron is going to hire one more employee.
Provide an estimate of how many rooms Ron's three employees will be able to paint in a day? Can you please explain?
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If 2 do 5, that's 2.5 rooms per day per worker.
3 times 2.5 = 7.5 rooms per day.

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