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Question 527744: If you can do 3 math problems in 4 minutes, how long will it take you to do 27 math problems?
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Question 527717: SOPPOSE 4 PEOPLE CAN PAINT A HOUSE IF THEY WORKK 3 DAYS EACH. HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE OF A CREW OF 5 PEOPLE TO PAINT THE HOUSE ?
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Question 527952: My lawn is 30 meters long and 15 meters wide how long will it take to mow
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Question 528263: One hose can fill a small swimming pool in 70 minutes. A larger hose can fill the pool in 55 minutes. How long will it take the two hoses to fill the pool working together?
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Question 528667: One computer takes 21 minutes longer than a second computer to do the job. Working together these computers can do the same job in 10 minutes. How long would it take each computer working alone to do the same job?
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Question 528868: If a machine can pick up 54 bushels of apples in 3 hours, how many hows would it take for the machine to pick 9 bushels of apples?
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Question 529189: a plane took 4 h to fly 2200 km from saskatoon to toronto with a tail wind.The return trip,with a head wind,took 5 h.Find the speed of the plane in still air and the wind speed
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Question 529343: If 5 farmers can plow 5 fields in 5 hours how many fields can 10 farmers plow in 10 hours?
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Question 529343: If 5 farmers can plow 5 fields in 5 hours how many fields can 10 farmers plow in 10 hours?
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Question 529408: When painting the walls of an art museum, the painters found that it took 5 men to paint 4 walls in 6 hours. Then, 9 more men were added to the job. How many hours would it take them to do 28 rooms?
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Question 529606: how many 0.4 yard pieces can you ge out of 6 yards?
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Question 531208: Tom can mow his lawn in 6 hours. If Julia helps Tom, the job gets done in 2 hours. How many hours would it take Julia working alone?
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Question 531211: An air rescue plane averages 300 miles per hour in still air. It carries fuel for 5 hours of flying time. If, upon takeoff, it encounters a head wind of 30 miles per hour, how far can it fly and return safely? (Assume that the wind remains constant)
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Question 531231: One tractor can plow a field in 6 hours. An older model takes twice as long. How many hours will it take if they work together?

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Question 531209: A 5-horsepower (hp) pump can empty a pool in 5 hours. A smaller, 2-hp pump can empty a pool in 8 hours. The pumps are used together to begin emptying this pool. After two hours, the 2-hp pump breaks down. How long will it take the larger pump to finish emptying the pool?
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Question 531348: A pipe can fill a tank in 30minutes and another pipe can make empty the tank in
45 minutes. How much time it takes to empty the tank if both are working together.

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Question 531897: A 3-men crew can do a certain job in 4 hours, while it takes a 4-men crew to do the same job 3 hours. How long will it take to complete the job if two crews work together, and one worker from the second crew was 1 hour late? Thank you
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Question 531990: If a painter can paint a house in � a day and another painter can paint � of
a house in two days, how many houses can they paint in a month? (30
days)
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Question 532793: a particular pipe can fill a tank in 7 hours. when a second pipe is added, the tank can be filled in only 2 hours. how long would it take the second pipe to fill the tank by itself? express your answer in hours and minutes
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Question 532457: A group of 18 people can paint a house in 21 days. If the house needs to be painted in 14 days, how many more people are required? I figured out the rate of people per day, but then I get 12 or 16 people needed. That doesn't make sense because you need more people to get the job done faster. Help, please?
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Question 532838: Ada and Stan are peeling a pile of potatoes. Working alone it would take Ada 1 hour to peel all the potatoes and it would take Stan 1 1/3 hours to peel all the potatoes. How long will it take to peel the potatoes if Ada and Stan work together? What portion of the pile does each peel?
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Question 533309: Tom and Shondra can complete a job working together in 4 hours. If Shondra takes 6 hours to do the job alone, how long would it take Tom to complete the job alone?
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Question 532455: The sum of the digits of a two-digit number is 14. When the digits are reversed, the new number is 36 more than the original number. What is the original number?
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Question 531323: An apprentice carpenter can complete a job in 8 hours. After he has been working on the job for 1 hour, he is joined by a master carpenter and the two finish the job in 2 more hours. How long could it take the master carpenter alone to finish the entire job?
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Question 528086: A water faucet can fill a sink in 6 minutes, whereas the drain can empty it in 4 minutes. If the sink is full, how long will it take to empty if both the faucet and drain are both open?
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Question 527364: If it takes 5 men 8 weeks to build 2 barns, how long will it take 12 men to build 15 barns?
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Question 527246: the inlet takes 39 hrs to fill. the drain takes 40 hrs to empty. If the pool is half full and then the inlet and drain are opened. how long from that time will it take for the pool to fill?
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Question 533805: Mike takes 8 hours to paint his room. After working for 1 hour, he called in a painter to help him. Working together, they finished the job in 3 more hours. How long the whole job would be finished by the painter if he had worked alone?
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Question 533989: If 5 workers take one hour to dig a ditch, how long will it take 12 workers to dig the same type of ditch (how many minutes)?
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Question 534037: if 6 workers can build 4 cars in two days then how many days would it take 8 workers to build 6 cars? please show workings
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Question 534037: if 6 workers can build 4 cars in two days then how many days would it take 8 workers to build 6 cars? please show workings
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Question 534022: how long will it take 18 workers to complete a task, given that it take 9 days for 8 workers to complete the same task?
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Question 534079: At 3:00 p.m., Catanya and Chad had already made 46 candles. By 5:00 p.m., the total reached 100 candles. Assuming a constant production rate, at what time did they make their 82nd candle?

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Question 534319: Joes team can completely manicure the lawn at Detroit Park in 12 hours. When Sally's team was brought on to help, the job was done in about 5 1/2 hours. How long does it takes Sally's team to completely manicure the lawn when they are working alone?
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Question 534969: Jack can paint a room in 6 � hours and Jill can paint a room in 4 � hours. Jack and Jill can paint the room in A hours and B minutes if they work together. What is the value of B rounded to the nearest whole number? Please show all your work. Thanks in advance.
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Question 534996: Working together, Butch and Manny can paint a wall in 3 hours. Working alone, Butch can do the job in 5 hours. How long will it take Manny to do the job alone?

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Question 535024: there were 4 workers that built A WALL IN 5 DAYS AND THERE 10 WORKERS HOW MANY DAYS DID IT TAKE THEME TO BUILT A WALL
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Question 535307: Stella can type 110 words in 2 1/2 minutes. At the same rate, how many words can she type in 6 minutes?
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Question 535304: an older machine can do a job in 104 minuets, it takes only 40 minuets when a newer machine works simultaneously. how long would it take the newer machine to do the job working alone?
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Question 535406: Nicole can paint a room in six hours, Alexandra can paint a room in 5 hours, and Liana can paint a room in 4 hours. If all three work together, how long will it take them to paint the room?
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Question 535923: If one pipe takes 9 days and the other pipe 15 how long will bout take to fill the pool up
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Question 535888: If computer a can process 10 pictures in 180 sec, and working toghether with computer b, processes them in 100 sec, how long does it take for b to process the same amount of pictures
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Question 536628: it take one pipe 15 hours to empty a water tank while a second pipe requires 18 hours if the pipe is opened for 7 hours and then closed when the second pipe is opened, how long will it take the second pipe to empty the water tank?
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