document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=386525>Question 386525</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Lolita and Doug working together can paint a shed in 3 hours and 20 minutes. If Doug can paint the shed by himself in 10 hours, how long would it take Lolita to paint the shed by herself? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #273259 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><B>scott8148(6628)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=scott8148><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=scott8148><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=273259\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> in the 10/3 hr that they work together , Doug paints 1/3 of the shed<BR>\n" );
document.write( "so Lolita paints 2/3 (twice as much as Doug)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Lolita takes 10/3 hr to paint 2/3 of the shed , so it would take her 5 hr [(10/3) / (2/3)] to paint the shed alone\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "this is confirmed by the fact that she works twice as fast as Doug , so she would take half the time </SPAN>\n" );
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