document.write( "Question 1064602: Lucy can paint a wall in 5 hours and working with Pedro the two of them can paint the fence in 2 hours. Exactly how long would it have taken Pedro to paint the fence alone? \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Working together, they paint  of the area in one hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Working alone, Lucy paints  of the area in one hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, Pedro paints  =  =  of the area per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "It means that Pedro takes  hours to paint the room working alone.\r\n" );
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document.write( " hours =   hours = 3 hours and 20 minutes.\r\n" );
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