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Question 576734: Clerk A can process 50 applications in 4 hours, and clerk B can process 50 applications in 8 hours. How long will it take both clerks working together to process 100 applications?
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Question 576817: If it takes 20 people to complete as task in 12 days. How many people will it take to complete the task in 8 days?
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Question 577635: chris can mow the lawn in 2 hours and 23 minutes. Jim can mow the lawn in 3 hours and 15 minutes. If they work together, how long will it take them to mow the lawn. I tried to average the times but I got the answer wrong.
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Question 578356: I need to translate this statement into symbols. "The number of hours it takes to paint a house is inversely proportional to the number of people painting."
I believe the answer is "t equals n over k"
N being the number of workers and T being the numbers of house.
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Question 578599: A tank can be filled in 18 hours by pipe A alone and in 22 hours by pipe B alone. How long will it take to fill the tank if both pipes are working?
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Question 579260: Bill can mow a lawn in 4 hours, while John can do the same job in 6 hours. how long will it take them to mow the lawn together?
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Question 579260: Bill can mow a lawn in 4 hours, while John can do the same job in 6 hours. how long will it take them to mow the lawn together?
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Question 579436: A takes 10 days less than the time B to complete a work. If both A and B together can finish the work in 12 days, find the time taken by B to finish the work.
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Question 580575: Salt Solution A chemist has 5gallons of salt solution with a concentration of 0.2pound per gallon and another solution with a concentration of 0.5 pound per gallon solution so that he ends up with 5 gallons of a 0.3pound oer gallon?
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Question 580860: jo can do a pice of work in 20days while paul can do it in 25days. they work for 5 days,then his brother backed out. how many days did jo work alone?
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Question 581296: It takes beverly 4 hours to clean a room. If steve worked together with her it would only take 48 minutes for the room to be cleaned. How long would it take steve to clean the room by himself?
I did:
1/B + 1/S= 1/X
B= beverly
S= steve
1/4hrs + 1/X= 1/48 min
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Question 581615: If it takes 5 workmen 10 days to build the main shell of a house, how long would you expect 3 men to take?
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Question 581615: If it takes 5 workmen 10 days to build the main shell of a house, how long would you expect 3 men to take?
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Question 581976: Sid can paint a house by himself in 10 hours and Sid and Bill can paint a house together in 4 hours. How long does it take Bill to paint a house by himself?
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Question 582010: Please help solve this problem....thanks.
George can cut and split a cord of firewood in 3 fewer hour(s) than Skylar can. When they work togethe it takes them 2 hr(s).How long would it take each of them to do the job alone?
George?
Skylar?
Simplify answer
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Question 582094: lisa can shovel snow from her driveway in 60 minutes. bill can do the same in 55 minutes. how long would it take lisa and bill to shovel the driveway if they worked together?
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Question 582314: Mary and Jane could finish a job in 1 hour. After Mary worked in the job for 2 hours, Jane joined her and together they finished the job in 20 minutes. How long will each of them finish the job working alone?
*please answer the problem with 2 equations and 2 unknowns(x and y). thanks!
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Question 582315: if 3 men can repair the house in 20 days,how many days can 5 men do the same job?
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Question 582650: 12. Find the geometric mean between 5 and 8. Write the exact answer�do not round.
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Question 583670: 1 PERSON TAKES 45 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE TASK AND OTHER PERSON TAKE TAKE 30 MINUTES IF THEY BOTH WILL DO TOGETHER THEN AT WHAT TIME THEY COMPLETE IT?
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Question 584129: David can paint a room in 5 hours. Patti can paint a room in 7 hours. How long will it take them to paint a room working together?
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Question 584389: It takes 9 hours for pump A to fill a tank alone. Pump B takes 15 hours to fill the same tank alone. If pumps A,B, and C are used, the tank fills in 5 hours. How long does it take pump C to fill the tank?
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Question 584785: If it takes 3 days for 10 workers to finish building one house, how many days will it take 15 workers to finish building 4 houses.
Thanks.
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Question 584804: A computer can perform 30 identical tasks in 6 hours. At that rate, What is the minimum number of computers that should be assigned to complete 80 tasks within 3 hours.
Thanks.
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Question 584833: If Sammy can mow a lawn in 3 hours and Laura can mow the same lawn in 4 hours, how long will it take them if they work together?
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Question 584606: One person can complete a task in 3 minutes. A second person can complete the same task in 5 minutes. How long would it take to complete the task if the two people work together?
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Question 585115: you have completed 25 questions in 1 hour and have a total of 75 how long will it take to complete.
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Question 585115: you have completed 25 questions in 1 hour and have a total of 75 how long will it take to complete.
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Question 585128: Working Together, Mrs. Smith and her young son, Luran, can shovel snow from their driveway in 6 minutes. Working by himself, Luran would require 16 minutes more than his mother to shovel the driveway. How long does it take Mrs. Smith to shovel the driveway working by herself?
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Question 585305: please answer my question...i really need this ASAP...
"There are 2 numbers which has a sum of 52. If the larger number is divided to the smaller number and their quotient is 9 and their remainder is 2...what is the number???

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Question 585355: John can wash 7 cars in 3 hours and Kevin can wash 21 cars in 12 hours. If they work together, how many cars can they wash in 5 hours?
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Question 585491: when the tub is on full, it can fill the tub to overflowing in 20 minutes (ignore overflow drain). the tub's drain can empty the tub in 15 minutes. My four-year-old has turned the faucet on full and the drain is closed. just as the tub starts to overflow, I run in to turn it off, but the handle breaks off, leaving the water running at full power. I yank the drain open.How long will it take the tube to empty, with the faucet still on, but the drain is now open?
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Question 585848: A mowed 3/4 at his lawn in 5/4 hours.B who works twice as fast finished the job.how many minutes did B work?
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Question 586059: Together Leonard and Donte can do a job in 4 hours and 16 minutes. If it takes Leonard 8 hours to do the job alone how long would it take Donte to do the job alone ?
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Question 586466: if 6 roofers take 2 days to put on a new roof, how long would it take 4 roofers to do the same job, assuming they each work at the same rate?
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Question 587005: Jane takes 4 hours to do a job that Alice can do in 3 hours. If Jane works 1/2 hour before Alice joins her, how long will it take the two of them to finish the job?
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Question 587318: it takes 6 people 2hours to build 5 chairs,how many chairs can x people build in y hours?
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Question 587628: Jerry works 3 hours faster than David. Together they complete 5 jobs in 18 hours. How long does it take Jerry alone?
jerry = x
dave = x+3
1/x * 18 + (1/x+3) * 18 = 5
I think....but it just doesn't work how I think it should. I appreciate your help.
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Question 587799:
Is it appropriate for two artists to work together and accomplish one painting?
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Question 588034: It takes person A 4 hours less than person B to complete a certain task. Working together, both can complete the task in 8/3hours. How long does it take each person to complete the task working alone?
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Question 588105: A fence must be installed around a circular pool at 2 m from the pool. if the pool has a radius of 4 m, determine the total cost of this fence if the fence costs $12.50 per metre to which a 15% tax must be added.

Please help! This question all has to do with circles!(:
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