document.write( "Question 860083: How do I solve this? Can you show me the work as well? I am lost. Thank you.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Working together, an experienced painter and an apprentice can paint the entire house in 12 hours. Working alone, it takes the apprentice painter to paint the entire house 5 hours longer than the experienced painter to do the job. How long would it take for the apprentice painter to paint the entire house alone?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #518118 by josgarithmetic(39617) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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The rate of the painter and his apprentice working simultaneously is the sum of their individual rates.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Painter, 1/u jobs per hour
\n" ); document.write( "Apprentice, 1/(u+5) jobs per hour
\n" ); document.write( "Painter + Apprentice, 1/12 jobs per hour
\n" ); document.write( "The variable, u, is assigned as the time for the painter to paint the one house.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"highlight_green%281%2Fu%2B1%2F%28u%2B5%29=1%2F12%29\"$ .
\n" ); document.write( "That was the analysis leading to the equation.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Solve the the single variable equation for u. Use it to compute u+5. \n" ); document.write( "

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