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Question 873165: It takes 8 men 9 days to lay out a garden how long will it take 6 men to lay out similar garden if they work at the same rate?
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Question 873563: It takes 30 minutes to empty a half-full tank by draining it at a constant rate. It is decided to
simultaneously pump water into the half-full tank while draining it. What is the rate at which
water has to be pumped in so that it gets fully filled in 10 minutes?
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Question 873638: you can paint a room in 8 hours, together you and your friend can paint a room in 5 hours. How long does it take your friend to paint a room by himself?
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Question 873721: A book has x pages. A boy reads 30 pages of the book. How many pages has the boy not read
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Question 873755: a bath can be filled by cold water tap in ten minutes and by a hot water tap in 15 minutes.how long does it take to fill the bath if both taps are turned on.
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Question 873831: Together an experienced word processor and an apprentice word processor can create a word document in 6 hours. Alone, the experienced word processor can create the word document 2 hours faster than the apprentice word processor can. Find the time in which each person can create the word document alone
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Question 874009: Because of the harsh weather , the statue needs many coats of paint. harry buys a can of paimt in every color. Each can cove an area of 20ft . For each Color, How many complete layers of paint can he put on the statue?
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Question 874733: A pipe can pump 1000 gallons of water in 4 hours.
How long would it take the pipe to fill a 2500 gallon pool?

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Question 874787: Al can wash the family car in 60 minutes while it takes his little brother Bill 80 minutes to wash the car. How long will it take them to wash the car working together?
I know...
t = time
1/60 + 1/80 = 1/t

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Question 874853: For Mike, it takes 6 hours to clean the basement. However, Sara takes 12 hours to complete the same job. If they work together, how long would they take?
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Question 874858: Tim can spread mulch in 12 hours. If Nancy helps, it can take them 8 hours. Without Tim's help, how long would it take Nancy to complete the same job?
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Question 874998: given that it takes 6 hours for 12 men to complete a certain fob, find (i) how long will 18 men working at the same rate, take to do the same job (ii)how many men working at the same rate will be required to complete the same job in 41/2 hours

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Question 875067: Monica takes one hour to wash a car and Hilary takes one hour to wash a car. If they work together, how long will it take them to wash one car?
Monica, still, takes one hour to wash a car and Bill takes two hours to wash a car. If they work together, how long will it take them to wash one car?
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Question 875164: A does 80% of a work in 20 days. He then calls in B and together they finish the remaining work in 3 days. How long B alone would take to do the whole work.
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Question 875230: tom and jon together can wash their car in 12 minutes it takes tom 18 minutes alone to wash the car by himself how many minutes would it take jon to wash the car alone
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Question 875424: Ron takes 2 hours less than his brother Russ to cut enough firewood to fill his family's wood bin. Working together, they can fill the bin in 4 4/9 hours. How long would it take each of them to cut the wood alone?
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Question 875961: Jack can paint a room in 5 hours, joe can paint the same room in 9 hours. Working together how long will it take to plant the same room
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Question 876001: Pls help me solve_ a man completes 5/8 of a job in 10 days. At this rate, how many days will it take him to complete the entire job?
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Question 876096: A plumber can complete a job in 2 hours. If an apprentice helps, it takes only 1 1/3 hours. How long would it take the apprentice working alone?
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Question 876111: if it take 2 men 8 hours to install a water heater what would be the total man hours?
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Question 876178: 60 man can build a wall in 4o days.5 mens quits in every 10 days. how many days required to build the wall?

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Question 876178: 60 man can build a wall in 4o days.5 mens quits in every 10 days. how many days required to build the wall?

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Question 876493: Jim can wash a car in 45 minutes and Bill can wash the same car in 25 minutes, how long will it take if they work together?
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Question 876671: A can do a work in 12 days and B in 18 days. A started the work and B joined him later. Find when did B join A, if the entire work is completed in 8 days?
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Question 876896: one printer can print the paychecks for employees of a company in 54 minutes. a second printer can print the pay checks in 81 minutes. how long would it take to print the checks with both printers operating?
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Question 876901: Derek can wash and was a car in exactly 2 hours. Allison can do the same job in exactly 5 hours. How long will it take both of them working together (at their usual rates) to wash and wax the car.

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Question 876909: If 15 men complete a work in 20 days, then how many men will be required to do the same work in 12 days?
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Question 877052: if 70 mens completed a road in 35 days then in how many days 40 mens completed the same road
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Question 877167: Ben and Jerry's ice cream sells two flavors: vanilla and chocolate. On a friday, the ratio of vanilla cones sold to chocolate cones was 2:3. If the store had sold 4 more vanilla cones, the ratio of vanilla cones sold to chocolate sold would have been 3:4. How many vanilla cones did the store sell on friday
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Question 877204: S and T complete a work in 10 days. A and T do the same work in 12 days. S and T do the same work in 15 days.How long each will take to do it desperately?
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Question 877503: A certain job takes 18 people 30 hours to complete. How many people are needed if the job is to be completed in 8 hours?
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Question 877553: Fred can do a job in 4 hours. Bill can do the same job in 2 hours. How long will it take them working together?
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Question 877751: 60 men did a painting job in 15days, how long will it take 4 men to do the same job.
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Question 878144: Michelle can type a 20 page paper in 5 hours. Amanda
can type a 60 page paper in 8 hours. Working
together, how long would it take them to complete a
40 page paper?
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Question 878209: Together, Mary and John can write a particular type of computer program in 15 hours. Alone, Mary can
do the job 3 hours faster than John. Find the time that each person takes to write a computer program.

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Question 878098: If an employee should show up eight minutes late each morning for 60 days, how many hours would it total?
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Question 878361: a tank is 3/4 full . Fill Pipe A can fill the tank in 12 minutes . Drainpipe B can empty it in 8 minutes . if both pipes are open , how long will it take to empty the tank ?
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Question 878533: if a group of 15 person is required to work for 8 days to complete a project how many days will be taken to complete the project if 5 more people are added
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Question 878358: If donald can perfrom a job working alone in 4 hours,and his brother mark can do the same job in 6 hours, how long will it take for them to do the job working together?
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Question 878691: Robert and Nikki want to get $95000 from the sale of their home. the realtors commission rate is 9% of the selling price. what should the selling price be?
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Question 878763: 40 man build 20 m of wall in 15 days then how many men will build 25 meter wall in
6 days???
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Question 878036: if 5 boys take 7 hrs to pack 35 toys , then how many boys can pack 65 toys in 3 days ?

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Question 879383: if 8 people take 10 days to complete a wall how many days required by 10 people to complete that wall
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Question 879264: it takes 8 men to build a wall in 30 days. How long would it take 10 men to build the same wall. How many men are needed to build the wall in 16 days.

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