document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=593903>Question 593903</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> One painter works 1 1/2 times as fast as a second painter.?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Find their individual times for painting a room if, working together, they can complete the job in 4 hours. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Find their individual times for painting a room if, working together, they can complete the job in 4 hours.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = time required by one painter to do the job<BR>\n" );
document.write( "then<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5t = time required by the other painter<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the completed job = 1 (a painted room)<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "A shared work equation<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2Ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2Ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F%281.5t%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F%281.5t%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 3t to clear the denominators<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3t*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2Ft ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2Ft\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + 3t*<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4%2F%281.5t%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4%2F%281.5t%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 3t(1)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Cancel the denominaors<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3(4) + 2(4) = 3t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "12 + 8 = 3t<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=20%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"20%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 6.67 hrs working alone<BR>\n" );
document.write( "and<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1.5*6.66 = 10 hrs the slow painter working alone<BR>\n" );
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