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John begins painting a house at 12:00 noon. At 2:00 pm Ted joins John. They finish together at 6:00 pm. It would taken John 9 hours to paint the house alone. How long would it have taken Ted to paint the house alone?
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\n" ); document.write( "4/t=1/3
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