document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1012073>Question 1012073</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 	Mr. Poly Nomial takes 8 hours to paint his room. After working for one hour, he called in a painter to help him. Working together they finished the job in 3 more hours. How long would it take the painter to finish the whole job if he had worked alone? <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Mr Nomial worked on the room 4 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "(1 hour alone, three hours with the painter)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since he paints a whole room in 8 hours,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "in four hours he painted half the room.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The painter painted the other half in three hours:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(3 hrs)/(1/2 room)=(3/(0.5)) hrs/room = 6 hours per room<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "ANSWER: The painter could paint the room in 6 hours </SPAN>\n" );
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