document.write( "Question 1188324: John takes 8 hours to paint his room. After working for one hour, he called a painter to help him. Working together, they finished the job in 3 more hours. How long would it take for the painter to finish the job if he had worked alone? \n" ); document.write( "
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document.write( "Notice that John worked, in all, 1 + 3 = 4 hours;  hence, John made half of the entire lob.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The helper made the other half of the job working 3 hours.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, this helper could make the entire job in 6 hours, working alone.    ANSWER\r\n" );
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