document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=14363>Question 14363</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If John paints a house in 4 hours and Cindy paints a house in 6 hours, how long would it take them if they painted the house together??<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #7199 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><B>Earlsdon(6294)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Earlsdon><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=7199\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> If John paints the house in 4 hours, then he can paint 1/4 of the house in 1 hour.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "If Cindy paints the house in 6 hours, she can paint 1/6 of the house in 1 hour. Together they can paint (1/4 + 1/6 = 5/12) of the house in 1 hour.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So it would take both of them 12/5 hours to paint the entire house.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "12/5 hours = 2 hours and 24 minutes. </SPAN>\n" );
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