document.write( "Question 266025: Jack accepted a job to paint a new house. He calculated that he can complete the job in 30 hours. He hired a trainee to assist him. He has seen the trainee work and estimates that it the trainee working alone would take 45 hours to complete the job. How much time should the two of them working together need to paint the house? (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.) \n" ); document.write( "
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Let x=amount of time needed to paint the house when both are working together
\n" ); document.write( "Then together they paint at the rate of 1/x house per hour\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Jack paints at the rate of 1/30 house per hour
\n" ); document.write( "Trainee paints at the rate of 1/45 house per hour
\n" ); document.write( "Together they pain at the rate of 1/30 + 1/45 house per hour
\n" ); document.write( "So, our equation to solve is:
\n" ); document.write( "1/30 + 1/45=1/x multiply each term by 90x
\n" ); document.write( "3x+2x=90
\n" ); document.write( "5x=90
\n" ); document.write( "x=18 hours----------------------------time needed when both are working togeether\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "CK
\n" ); document.write( "(1/30)*18 + (1/45)*18 needs to equal 1
\n" ); document.write( "54/90 + 36/90=1
\n" ); document.write( "1=1\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Hope this helps---ptaylor\r
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