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Question 951539: jessie and mark are planning to paint a house together. jesse thinks that if he works alone it would take him 5 hours more than the time mark takes to paint the entire house. working together, they can complete the job in 6 hours . how would you represent the amount of work that mark can finish in 1 hour ?

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Question 951712: You finish washing 34 of your windows in an hour and a half. At that rate, how much longer will it take you to finish washing all the windows?
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Question 951772: There was 12 workers and to complete the job will take 5 weeks and each week is 5 days long. After 10 days three worker quit. How many more days extra will it take to finish the job.
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Question 952219: Sandra and michael both work at a restaruant as servers. Sandra is able to service 5 tables of people per hour, while michael can service 4 tables per hour. If both had to serve 12 table of people how long would it take?

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Question 952346: Jimmy is filling up a pool using a large hose and a small hose. The large hose, working alone, can fill the pool in 3 hours. The small hose can fill up the pool in 5 hours. The small hose is turned on and allowed to run for an hour. Then the large hose is turned on, and both run until the pool is full. How many hours did it take to fill the pool?
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Question 952424:
If 1/2 gallon of paint covers 1/4 of a wall, then how much paint is needed to cover the entire wall?
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Question 952600: joseph can paint a 300 yd2 fence in 6 hours.
scott can paint the same size fence in 5 hours, and dave can paint the same side fence in 7 hours. approximately how long will it take to paint the fence if they paint simultaneously

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Question 952735: If 12 persons working 12 hours a day dig 12 meter of tunnel in 12 days. How many men are required to dig additional 4 meters of tunnel given that they work 4 hours a day for 4 days.?
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Question 952785: a farmer has three fields of equal sizes and pays each of his workmen $ 60.00 per day. he paid a total of $ 450.00 to the workmen after each, working alone, plowed one field. these workmen, together, plowed the third field in 1 13/15 days. how many days did it take each man to plow one field alone. I hope you could me on this problem. this problem is on a chapter in our book concerning word problems on simultaneous systems concerning quadratic.
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Question 952894: John can paint a house in 6 days. It would take Tom 9 days to do the same work. If John works alone for 2 days and then is joined by Tom, how much total time is needed for painting the entire house?
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Question 953046: how to express 20km in one hour as a rate
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Question 953152: four people can build 4 sheds in fours hour,how many sheds can 8 people build in 2 hours
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Question 953209: nathi ,paul and tim worked at mrs setati's garden.nathi worked for 5 hours,paul worked for 4 hours and tim worked for 3 hours.mrs setati gave the boys R600 for their work.how should they divide the R600 among the three of them
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Question 953341: a crew of painters finished 4 4/5 rooms in 3 hours how many rooms did they paint in 1 hour?
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Question 953546: if one custodian cleans a suite of offices in 3 hours. when a second worker is asked to join the regular custodian, the job takes only 1 1/2 hours. how long does it take the second worker to do the same job alone?
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Question 953683: A macine produces 255 bolts in 24 minutes.At the smae rate,how many bolts would be produced in 40 minutes
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Question 953738: 3 pumps were used to empty a pond hold an unknown amount of water. If pump 1 can empty it in 4 days, pump 2 in 10 days and #3 in 5 days, how many days will it take to empty the pond if all 3 are running at the same time?
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Question 953867: it takes 8 men 9 hours to dig a trench.how long would it take 6 men to dig the trench if they worked at the same rate?

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Question 953963: jeff cleans a swimming pool in 6 hours. tara and jeff clean the pool in 2 hours working together. how long does it take tara to clean the pool?
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Question 953872: Drains a, b, and c are used to empty a pool. drain a can empty the pool twice as fast as drain b. drain c can empty the pool 2 hours faster than drain a. working together, the three drains can empty the pool in 6 hours. how fast could drain b empty the pool working alone?
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Question 954052: The speed of about in still water is 15km/hr.it can go 45 km upstream and return downstream to the original point in 6 hours 45 minutes. Find the speed of the stream.
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Question 954808: A pump can fill a pool in 12 hours, and a second pump can fill the same pool in 6 hours. How long will it take to fill the pool if both pumps are used
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Question 954893: William can paint an entire house in 6 hours joe can paint an entire house in 11 hours how long will it take to paint the house if the work together
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Question 954929: normally, the hose in elenas garden will fill her small pool in 15 mintues. however, a leak in the hose allows 1/3 of the water to spill out. how long will it take to fill the pool?
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Question 954952: a carpenter can build a desk in 32 hours. After 8 hour he is joined by a second carpenter who could build the desk in 40 hours. How long does it take them to complete the desk working together.
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Question 955126: What pictures demonstrates "Jane can paint a 12-foot by 12-foot wall in 3/4 of an hour? How long will it take her to paint another wall that is 15x16 feet?"
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Question 955114: Jack can wash dishes in 30 minutes and Jill can wash them in 25 minutes. After Jack has been working for 10 minutes, Jill begins to help him. How long will it take both to finish the dishes?
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Question 955291: Joe can wash all his cars twice as fast as his soon. If they work together, the wash all the cars in 2hrs. How long will it take his son to wash all the cars?
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Question 955278: It takes 12 minutes to fill a bath when the cold water tap is turned on full. The hot water tap takes 20 minutes to fill the bath if it is turned on full. How long does it take to fill the bath if both taps are turned on full at the same time?
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Question 955333: 12 workers take 18 days to renovate a house. After working for 3 days, 4 workers left. Calculate the number of days the remaining workers will need to complete the renovation
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Question 955342: Suppose you hire three 3 toed sloths to build a treehouse. Normally the 3 toed sloths work individually, the first sloth takes 24 hours but only charges 5 dollars an hour, the second sloth takes 16 hours and charges 10 dollars, the third sloth takes 12 hours at 15 dollars an hour. If the three sloths work together, and they start at noon. What time will they be done with the treehouse and how much will it cost?
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Question 955445: office custodian cleans a suite of offices in 4 hours. When a second worker is asked to join the regular custodian, the job only takes 2 2/3 hours. how long does it take the second worker to do the same job alone?
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Question 955510: 25 men take 20 days working 8hours a day to complete a job.how many days will 15 men take to compete the job.working 10 hours a day
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Question 955524: If there is one hour of sunshine in seven years then in how many years will there be sunshine for twenty four hours?
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Question 955525: If there is one hour of sunshine in seven years then in how many years will there be sunshine for twenty four hours?
Kindly show the calculation as well.
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Question 955543: if man 1 fills a tank in 60min's and man 2 fills in 30min's and man 3 fills in 20mins how long if they fill together please break down as simple as possible for me to understand
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Question 955774: If Joe can paint a house in ten hours and Larry can paint the same house in six hours how long would it take to do it together?
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