document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1137025>Question 1137025</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Person A can paint the neighbors house 2 times as fast as person B. The year A and B worked together, it took them 2 days. how long would it take each to paint the house? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The response from tutor @ikleyn shows one good way of solving the problem using logical reasoning and some simple arithmetic.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Here is another similar way to solve the problem.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Since A works twice as fast as B, when they work together A does 2/3 of the job.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then, since together the two of them take 2 days to paint the house, the time required by A alone would be 2*(3/2) = 3 days.<br><BR>\n" );
document.write( "And so then the time required by B alone would be twice that, or 6 days. </SPAN>\n" );
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