document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=295713>Question 295713</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Susan can paint a house in 4 hours. James can paint the same house in 6 hours. How long will it take to paint the house if Susan and James work together?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #213163 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Aust05><B>Aust05(12)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Aust05><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=213163\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Around 2 hours 20 min  do this pretend sus an paints 1 pph or one paintstroke per hour so in 4 hours she does 4 paintstrokes and to paint the house you need to do four paintstroke james does 2/3 pph so that for every hour for every 20 min susan does 3/9of the stroke and james does 2/9 and the total painstroke needed is 36/9  by adding every twenty minutes you find u add 7 times or 2 hrs twenty mins<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3/9*7=21/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "2/9*7=14/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "14/9+21/9=35/9 you want 36/9 so this is close enough good luck </SPAN>\n" );
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