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Question 720033: Will can paint six rooms in twelve hours working alone. If his friend Matthew
helps him, together they can paint the six rooms in seven hours. How long would
it take Matthew to paint the six rooms by himself?
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Question 720096: Observe the tables of values for start and finish. You begin what start value and apply some mathematical operations and finish with an end value. The same mathematical operations are applied to each start value. Given the table of values, what will be the end value when you start with 55?
Start End
1 6
3 12
7 24
10 33
15 48
89 270

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Question 720079: jason can wash and wax his car in 4 hours. His younger sister can wash and wax the same car in 6 hours. working togther how fast can they wash and wax the car?
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Question 720095: If it takes two men three hours to dig a hole 4 meter long, four meters wide, and four meters deep, how long would it take the same two men to dig a hole 12 meters long, 12 meters wide and 12 meters deep?
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Question 720114: John can dig the garden in 40 minutes while Jane can dig the garden in 25 minutes. How long will it take to dig the garden together?
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Question 720244: If Person A can pain the house 6 times as fast as person B. The year A and B worked together it took them 9 days. How long would it take each to paint the house?
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Question 720385: heather can rake all the leaves in the yard in 4 hours, Beth can do it in 6. How long would it take them to do the yard together?
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Question 720260: If it takes 9 guys to clear 6 acres in 1 hour how many guys does it take to clear 20 acres in 3 hours?

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Question 720522: An inflatable pool can be inflated in 20 minutes. It deflates completely in 50 minutes when the nozzle is left open. How fast can the pool be inflated if it is deflating while you inflate it?
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Question 721115: A plane can fly 600 miles in the same time it takes a car to go 240 miles. If the car travels 90 mph slower than the plane, find the speed of the plane
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Question 721111: Sarah ran 5 miles at a constant speed. She then reduces her speed by 3 miles per hour and walked the last 2 miles at the reduced speed. If her total workout took 2 hours, find her running speed.
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Question 721106: An inlet pipe can fill a pool in 3 hours. The outlet pipe takes 12 hours to empty the pool. How long will it take to fill the pool if both pipes are open?
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Question 721109: Melinda can weed her garden in 40 minutes. When Bob helps, it takes them 15 minutes. How long would it take Bob to weed the garden alone?
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Question 721113: A bag has 3 parts green marbles and 5 parts blue marbles. If there are 72 total marbles in the bag, how many of them are blue?
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Question 721112: The ratio of cats to dogs at the local shelter is 3 to 5. If there are 535 dogs at the shelter, how many cats are at the shelter?

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Question 721140: If it takes 3 people 4 hours to paint a room. How long will it take 2 people to paint the same room?
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Question 721179: a man can paint a room by himself in 8 hours it takes his son 12 hours to do the same job.the man works by him self for 3 hours then his son joins him and together the two complete the job..how long does the son works?
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Question 721110: George drove 182 miles in the same time that Sam drove 224 miles. If Sam�s average speed was 12 miles per hour more than George�s average speed, find George�s average speed.
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Question 721380: a barrel contains 123 gallons of paint and is being drained at a constant rate of 12 gallons per day
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Question 721554: It takes 4 people 3 days to dig a small field how long would it take 3 people to do the same work.
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Question 721591: Peter can mow his lawn in 6 minutes. Peter's son can mow it in 8 minutes. How long will it take them to do it together?
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Question 721644: There are 100 stores. In one week they sold 20 light bulbs. What is the the sales per store per week rate?
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Question 721693: If a man uses 5/3 of a litre of paint to paint a house and he uses 6 times as much on a fence how much paint does he use altogether.
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Question 722079: if 15 labours can construct a 30 meter wall in 20 days.how many labours will be required to construct a 20 meter wall in 30 days?
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Question 722152: If 3 persons can do 3 times of a particular work in 3 days then 7 persons can do 7 times of that work in
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Question 722498: 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 required for painting entire house?
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Question 722406: aron, Brenda, Charlie, and Danita are house painters. The team of Aaron, Brenda, and Charlie can paint my house in 3 days; if Aaron and Danita work as a pair it takes 6 days; the pair of Charlie and Danita takes 8 days, and the team of Brenda, Charlie, and Danit can finish in 5 days. How long would it take the whole 4-person crew to paint my house?
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Question 723013: It takes Jane 4 hours to complete her math homework. Alice can complete the assignment 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 homework?
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Question 723075: if 1 person does a task in 10min and another does it in 20min how much time will they take if they work together
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Question 723180: If 4 workers can pack 16 parcels in 8 hours then how many could 8 workers pack in 4 hours?
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Question 723464: You paint 13 of a wall in 14 hour. At that rate, how long will it take you to paint one wall?
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Question 723508: If 8 workers can plough a 6-hectare fielf in 5 hours, how long will it take to plough a 9-hectare field with 5 workers?
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Question 723565: It takes Jeff 90 mins. to mow the yard. It takes Joe 105 mins to mow the yard. What is the approximate time it will take if they work together to mow the yard? this is the problem, how do I work it out? thanks
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Question 723683: Please help me solve this question. Sarah does 1/5 of a job in 6 minutes. At this rate, what fraction of the job will she do in 10 minutes
?
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Question 723708: Jake can unload a delivery truck in 40 minutes, and Jennie can unload the same truck in 60 minute. How long would it take Jake and Jennie to unload the truck together?
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Question 723893: jake takes 2 hours to travel to a meeting.
he walks for 20 minutes and the rest of the time he is on the train
write your answer in its simplest form.
so what is the answer
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Question 723916: paul can split a cord of wood in 12 hours. his father can split a cord of wood in 4 hours. how long do paul and his father take to split a cord of wood if they work together?
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Question 723917: Please help me! 😋 My problem is 'Paul can split a cord of wood in 12 hours. His father can split a cord of wood in 4 hours. How long do Paul and his father take to split a cord of wood if they work together?' It's part of my homework and I dont remember how to do it. Please help me. Thank you!
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Question 723891: A bricklayer does one day of work building a wall. On the second day, he is joined by a second worker. These two workers are joined by a third worker on the third day, and they finished building the wall at the end of the fourth day. If all three workers worked at the same rate, how long would it have taken all three workers to build the wall if they worked together from the start?
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Question 724068: It takes 3 men 8 hours to paint an entire house. How long will it take if 5 men are to do the job?
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Question 724102: if 100 questions are done in 120 minutes then 1 question would be done in ?
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Question 724196: Maria and Ming start at the same point and drive in opposite directions. Maria drives 60 mph and Ming drives 60 mph. How far apart will they be in 3 hours?
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Question 724311: If the slower painter, who takes 6 hours to paint, starts at 1:00, and the fast painter, who takes 4 hours to paint, starts 1 hour later than the slow painter, what time do they finish?
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