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Question 469115: Together, it takes Kim and Chris 2hours and 55minutes to sort recyclables. Alone Kim would require 2 hours more than Chris. How long would it take Chris to do the job?
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Question 469308: can someone help me plssssssssss :)?
it takes carolyn 4 hr to type a final exam. it takes Elise 3 hr to do the same job. How long would it take them, working together, to do the typing?
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Question 469310: please help me solve this problem:
if joe can service a car in the mechanic shop in 2 hr and harry can service the same car in 1 hr, how long would it take if they both service that car together?
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Question 469334: 4 men and 10 boys can solve a task in 18 days . how many days will require to solve the task by 12 men and 30 boys?
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Question 469390: It takes John 3 hours to paint a house. Chris 2 hours and William 8 1/2 hours. If all 3 work together how long will it take all 3 of them?
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Question 469491: Joe complete 7 surveys in 8 days,how many can he complete in 40?
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Question 469653: can someone help me pls?
solve.
A swimming pool can be filled in 15 hr by pipe A alone and in 24 hr by pipe B alone. How long would it take to fill the pool if both pipes were working?
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Question 469661: One news carrier can deliver 75 newspapers in 2 hours. How many newspapers can 4 news carriers deliver in 3 hours?
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Question 469765: The given equation involves a power of the variable. Find all real solutions of the equation.
5(x − 7)2 = 35
The two in this problem is supposed to be to the 2nd power sign.
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Question 469863: It takes Tom 30 minutes to mow a particular yard and it takes Jerry 40 minutes to mow the same yard. If they work together, how long will it take them to mow this yard?
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Question 469840: If i can do a job in 4h and we can do the same job in 2h, how long can you do the job alone?
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Question 470039: A certain swimming pool can be drained in 5 hours using a large pump. The same swimming pool can be drained in 12 hours using a small pump. How long, rounded to the nearest hour, will it take to drain the swimming pool using 2 small pumps and 1 large pump?
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Question 470746: if John paints a house in 6 hours and ted paints a house in 12 hours, how long will it take if they work together?
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Question 470869: how long will a tank to be filled with water when three taps are opened at the same time?(one is used as a discharge) the two bringing in water take 6min and 4min respectively.the outlet takes 9 min.
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Question 471087: A painter and his son can paint a room together in 8 hours. If the father works alone for 3 hours and then is joined by his son, the two together can complete the job in 6 hours. How long will it take each person alone to paint the room?
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Question 471489: It takes Dan 3 hours to mow his lawn. His wife, Kim, takes 4 hours to mow the lawn. How long will it take them working together to mow the lawn?
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Question 471832: A cold water faucet can fill a sink within 12 minutes and a hot water faucet can fill it in 15 minutes. The drain can empty the sink in 25 minutes. If both faucets are on and the drain is open, how long will it take to fill the sink?
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Question 472067: You can do a job in 4 hours and a co-worker can do the same job in 8 hour. How long will it take to do the job if both of you work together?
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Question 472083: Job A offers a $300 per week salary with a 5% commission on sales. Job B offers a $200 per week salary with a 15% commission on sales. Find the break even point
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Question 472088: Hi there and thanks in advance. Betty and Karen working together can paint a house in two-thirds time it takes Karen working alone. Betty takes 6 hours to paint a house alone. How long does it take Karen to paint a house working alone?
I know the usually way to solve these but the 2/3 part is screwing me up.
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Question 471995: if you work 25 1/2 hours get paid 7.5 an hour how much is it
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Question 472655: how long dus ti take in plane to get froom lawrence,ma to largo,fl?
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Question 472732: Mar can paint a wall in 5 days while Louie can finish the same work in 3 days. In how many days can they do the same work together?
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Question 472712: i need your help.. please solve this problem:
June can finish an accounting work in 8 hours . While Leo can do the same job in 6 hours. After 2 hours of working together, June left Leo for lunch and Leo finished the job. FIND THE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR LEO TO FINISH THE JOB..
thanks so much! ^^
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Question 472710: Jun can finish an accounting work in 8 hours, while Leo can do the same in 6 hours. After 2 hours of working together, Jun left Leo for lunch and Leo finished the job. Find the amount of time for Leo to finish the job.
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Question 472818: A tank can be filled by one inlet pipe in 15 minutes. It takes an outlet pipe 75 minutes to drain the tank. If the outlet is left open, how long would it take to fill the tank?
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Question 473284: a piece of work can be done by 40 men in 48 days. after 15 days, 18 men were transferred to another job. how many more days will the remaining men finish the job?
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Question 473368: I do not understand how to come up with the answer or an equation to help me get the answer for this problem. The word problem reads:
If 14 workers can complete a job in 2 days, how long will it take 4 workers to complete the same job? And assume that all workers work at the same rate.
I have tried to divided it multiply it and subtract but nothing makes sense to me. Please help!!!!!
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Question 473435: A winery has a vat with two pipes leading to it. The inlet pipe can fill the vat in 3 hours, while the outlet pipe can empty it in 8 hours. How long will it take to fill the vat if both pipes are left open?
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Question 474060: if two people comple a job in 40 minutes and it takes one to do it in 70 mins. how long does it take the other?
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Question 474870: Peter can do a whole job in half the time it takes Henry to do it. Together they can finish the job in 10 days. How many days will it take Peter to do the job alone?

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Question 474898: One day officer Fog spend 4hr. processing passengers from a flight from Brazil a rate of 16 passengers every 40 min. The next day, she spent 4hr. processing passengers at a rate 18 every 40min. What was the average she processed during these two 4hr. periods.
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Question 475242: sally can paint a room in 3 hours while it takes steve 9 hours to paint the same room. how long would it take them to paint the room if they worked together?
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Question 475244: sally can paint a room in 3 hours while it takes steve 9 hours to paint the same room. how long would it take them to paint the room if they worked together?
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Question 475054: erica took 6 hours in all to hike up the 12 mile mountain trail and back down. Her rate coming down was twice as fast as her rate going up. What was her rate going up the mountain?
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Question 475830: Working together two people can cut a large lawn in 3 hours one person can do the job alone in 1 hour less than the other How long would it take a faster person to do the job?
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Question 475834: 12 men working 7 hours a day can finish a job in 6 days. How many more hours a day must 8 men work in order to finish the jon in 7 days?
What would the equation be?
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Question 475992: x and y persons can do same job in 4 and 6 hours respectively,how long does it take for x and y persons to the the same job together?
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Question 476072: If 12 men can dig 35 holes in 14 days,
(a) how many men are needed to dig 35 holes in 8 days,
(b) how many days would it take 12 men to dig 30 holes?
Please help me with ONLY Part B. Part A I know how to do. If Part B needs the answer from Part A, the answer is 21 men.
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Question 476353: It takes me 4 less hours to paint a room than my husband would take to paint the same room. If they can paint this size room in 1 � hours working together, how long would each of them take to paint the room alone?

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Question 476573: paul paint his house in 12 days if works 8hr/day. how many day he will take to paint if he works 6hr/day

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Question 477134: If one person can fill a pool in 30min another in 45min and another in 90min how long would it take if they all work together. i know the answer is 15 but i dont know the equation used to get the answer.
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