document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=549376>Question 549376</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It takes you 4 days to paint a house if you paint for eight hours a day. It takes your brother 5 days. How long would it take you to pain the house together? Answers should be in days, hours, minutes form. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Please show the work, I have the answer but don't know how to figure it out. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #357706 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=357706\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> working in hours is probably easiest\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "each person paints a FRACTION of the house based on their individual time and the combined time (t)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "___ the fractions sum to one (the WHOLE house)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "[t / (4*8)] + [t / (5*8)] = 1\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "5t + 4t = 160 ___ t = 160/9 hours </SPAN>\n" );
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