document.write( "Question 810555: 3 people can paint 5 walls in 41 minutes.\r
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3 people can paint 5 walls in 41 minutes
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\n" ); document.write( "It would take 3 people 8 times as long to paint 40 walls
\n" ); document.write( "so, 3 people paint 40 walls in 328 minutes
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\n" ); document.write( "3 people can paint 1/5 as many walls in 1/5 of that time,
\n" ); document.write( "so, 3 people paint 8 walls in 65.6 minutes
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\n" ); document.write( "24 people can paint 8 walls in 1/8 of that time
\n" ); document.write( "so, 24 people paint 8 walls in 8.2 min
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\n" ); document.write( "1/3 as many people take 3 times as long to paint
\n" ); document.write( "the same number of walls
\n" ); document.write( "so, 8 people can paint 8 walls in 24.6 minutes\r
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