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Question 904515: jones can plough his field with his tractor in 4 hours. if he uses his manual plough, it takes 3 times as long to plough the same field. one day after working with the tractor for 2 hours, he ran out of gas and had to finish with the manual plough. how long did it take to complete this job after the tractor ran out of gas
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Question 903907: A and B can do a work in 20 and 30 days. A worked for few days and with the help of B,the work finished in 14 days. How many days did A worked alone?
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Question 901871: A father and his son can do a job in 20 days. The father can do four times as much work as his son in a given amount of time. In how many days can the father do the job alone?

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Question 904650: Daniel and Falko use hoses from both houses to fillDaniel's pool. They know it takes 18 hours using both hoses. They also know that Daniel's hose used alone, takes 20% less time thank Falko's hose alone. How much time is required to fill the pool by each hose alone?
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Question 904671: If Bob does 17 questions in 4 minutes, how many questions does he do in 12 minutes

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Question 904671: If Bob does 17 questions in 4 minutes, how many questions does he do in 12 minutes

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Question 904943: Can someone please help me solve this?

Two surveyors with two-way radios leave the same point at 9:00 A.M., one walking due south at 3 mi/hr and the other due west at 4 mi/hr. How long can they communicate with one another if each radio has a maximum range of 7 miles?
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Question 904980: 30 men can paint an estate in 48 hours. after working for 20 hours, 6 men left. how much longer did the painting take?

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Question 905000: how many minutes does it take for 19 people to paint 19 walls if it takes 51 min for 5 people to paint 5 walls
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Question 905005: you and your apprentice paint walls at a constant pace. you can paint a wall in 8 hours while your apprentice can paint the same wall in 12 hours. you and your apprentice start painting the wall at 10:30 am. at what time will the wall be completed? explain why?
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Question 905076: If Mary can paint a house in 4 hours and Dan can paint a house in 6 hours how long will it take them to paint a house together?
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Question 905076: If Mary can paint a house in 4 hours and Dan can paint a house in 6 hours how long will it take them to paint a house together?
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Question 905102: If A does a job in 16 hours and B does the same job in 12 hours, if B and C do the job together in 4 hours how long would it take C to do the job himeself
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Question 904944: The speed of the current in a stream is 5 mi/hr. It takes a canoeist 180 minutes longer to paddle 16.8 miles upstream than to paddle the same distance downstream. What is the canoeist's rate in still water?
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Question 905371: When Mike uses a riding mower, it takes him 3 hours to mow his lawn. When he uses a push mower it takes him 6 hours to mow the lawn. (His sister can also mow the lawn in 6 hours with the push mower). Mike wanted to get the lawn mowed as quickly as possible, so he paid his sister $10 to mow with the push mower while he used the riding mower. How long will it take Mike and his sister to mow the lawn if they work together?
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Question 905464: John can completely wash and dry the dishes in 20 mins. His brother can do it in 30. How long will it take them to do it together?
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Question 905703: Emily earns $15 per hour as music teacher and $11 per hour as swim instructor. In one week she worked a total of 37 hours and earned $459. How many hours did she work at each job that week?
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Question 885092: The sum of $12,000 is invested, part at 12% interest and part at 8% interest.
Twice as much money invested at 8% as at 12%. How much money was invested at each rate?
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Question 905754: In order to remove water from a flooded basement, two pumps, each rated at 40 gallons per
minute, are used. After half an hour, the one pump burns out, and the second pump finishes
removing the water half an hour later. How many gallons of water were removed from the
basement?

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Question 905821: a tank fills in 30 minutes. the water in it doubles in each minute. then how long will it take to fill half the tank?
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Question 905931: a contractor decides that he can build a barn in 8 weeks using 5 men. if he employs 3 more men how long would the job take? assume that all men work at the same pace. math question answer needed
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Question 905975: this rectangle has a perimeter of 136 centimeters. What is the width of the rectangle?
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Question 906027: Hi, I'm terrible at math word problems. Can you answer this? With work shown?
Ok so there at two pipes to the bathtub. You turn the first pipe on and the bathtub fills in 5 mins. You empty the bathtub. The you turn pipe number 2 on and it takes 7 mins to fill up. Then you empty the bathtub and turn both pipes on. How long does it take to fill up the bathtub? I need to know buy 12:00 tonight please.
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Question 906025: It takes Ralph 14 hours to paint a fence alone. Lisa can do the same job in 18 hours. If Ralph paints alone for 45 minutes before Lisa begins helping, how long must they work together to finish painting the fence? Give your answer as a simplified fraction.
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Question 906033: TWINS, DANIEL AND GRACE, TAKE TURNS MOWING THE LAWN. LAST WEEK GRACE MOWED THE LAWN IN 45 MINUTES, THIS WEEK DANIEL MOWED THE LAWN IN 40 MINUTES. WHAT IS THE AVERAGE MOWING RATE PER HOUR PER TWIN
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Question 906249: alma can do a job in 6 days. rachel can do job in 12 days. how long it will take if they do the work together??
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Question 906274: Jessie and Mark are planning to paint a house together. Jessie thinks that if he works alone, it would take him 5 hours more than the time Mark takes a paint the entire house. working together, they can complete the job in 6 hours.
1. If Mark can finish the job in m hours, how long will it take Jessie to finish the job?
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Question 903179: One afternoon your family goes out to pick strawberries for jam. At 1:00 pm, you have 3 quarts. You finished picking at 3:00 pm and have 24 quarts of strawberries. At what average rate was your family picking? Answer in quarts/hours

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Question 906284: One worker can clean a warehouse in 10 hours. Another worker can clean the same warehouse in 11 hours. How long would it take to clean the warehouse if they worked together?
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Question 906351: Working alone, it takes Jake 5 minutes longer to wash the dishes than it takes Mary when she washes the dishes alone. Washing the dishes together, Jake and Mary can finish the job in 6 minutes. How long does it take Mary to wash dishes by herself?
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Question 906390: It takes Ralph 10 hours to paint a fence alone. Lisa can do the same job in 14 hours. If Ralph paints alone for 30 minutes before Lisa begins helping, how long must they work together to finish painting the fence? Give your answer as a simplified fraction
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Question 906431: It takes Ralph 10 hours to paint a fence alone. Lisa can do the same job in 13 hours. If Ralph paints alone for 35 minutes before Lisa begins helping, how long must they work together to finish painting the fence? Give your answer as a simplified fraction.

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Question 906444: It takes Austin 10 hours to paint a fence alone. Ashley can do the same job in 13 hours. If Austin paints alone for 35 minutes before Ashley begins helping, how long must they work together to finish painting the fence? Give your answer as a simplified fraction. I have looked at similar problems and their solutions but i still cant get the right answer for my problem.

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Question 906517: It takes Ralph 5 hours to paint a fence alone. Lisa can do the same job in 10 hours. If Ralph paints alone for 45 minutes before Lisa begins helping, how long must they work together to finish painting the fence? Give your answer as a simplified fraction.
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Question 906369: If 3 men can complete three tasks in 3 hours,how many men will complete 24 tasks in 6 hours?

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Question 906565: it takes 12 workers 10 days to complete a piece of roadway how long will it take 5 workers to do the same tasks?
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Question 902121: A takes 12 hrs to complete a work B takes 10 hrs to complete the same work time taken by them to make 2 publications working independently.
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Question 906584: 540 men can construct a building in 7 months, how many men should removed from work to finish the building in 9 months?

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Question 906534: Pedro can paint a fence 50 % faster that Juan and 20% faster than Pilar and together they can paint a given fence in 4 hours. How long will it take Pedro to paint the same fence if he had to work alone?
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Question 906641: Helen and Angela started biking at the same time on opposite ends of a 61-km trail. The rate that Helen rode her bike exceeded the rate that Angela rode her bike by 3. At the end of 2 hours, they were still 6 km apart. Find Helen's rate.

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Question 906861: Jessie and Mark are planning to paint a house together. Jessie thinks that if he works alone, it would take him 5 hours more than the time Mark takes a paint the entire house. working together, they can complete the job in 6 hours.
1. what equation represents the situation?
2. how long would it take Jessie and Mark if each work alone in painting the entire house?
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