document.write( "Question 595163: andrew can paint the neighbors house 5 times as fast asn Bailey. the year andrew and bailey worked together, it took them 1 day. how long would it take each to paint the house? \n" ); document.write( "

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Andrew can paint the neighbors house 5 times as fast as Bailey. the year Andrew and Bailey worked together, it took them 1 day.
\n" ); document.write( " How long would it take each to paint the house?
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\n" ); document.write( "Let t = time for Andrew to paint the house
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\n" ); document.write( "5t = time required by Bailey to do it
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\n" ); document.write( "Write a shared work equation; the completed job = 1
\n" ); document.write( " $\"1%2Ft\"$ + $\"1%2F%285t%29\"$ = 1
\n" ); document.write( "multiply by 5t to clear the denominators, results:
\n" ); document.write( "5 + 1 = 5t
\n" ); document.write( "6 = 5t
\n" ); document.write( "t = 6/5
\n" ); document.write( "t = 1.2 days for Andrew
\n" ); document.write( "then
\n" ); document.write( "5(1.2) = 6 days for Bailey \n" ); document.write( "

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