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Question 955824: Husband and wife are off the same day. The man works 5 days, has the 6th day off,the wife works 7 days has the 8th day off. When will they both by off the same day?
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Question 955796: 7men dig a piece of land in 12days.how long would 9men take?
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Question 955974: Person A can paint the neighbor's house 5 times as fast as Person B. The year A and B worked together, it took them 7 days. How long would it take each to paint the house?
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Question 956010: Dave can do the job in 30 days. Giles can do it in 40 days, and Jon can do it 60 days. How long will it take them if they work together?
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Question 956005: A fort has food for 160 people for 50 days . After 10 days 20 ppl left the fort . How long the food last at the same rate for the remaining ppl ?
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Question 956200: John is painting his walls. He paints 3/2m^2 of the wall in 30 minutes.
How many square meters will John paint in 1 hour?
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Question 956233: If Kayla has $0.57 in pennies and $0.35 in nickels. How much does Kayla have in pennies and nickels.
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Question 956470: So far it has taken Mark 3 hours to paint 20% of a fence.how much longer will it take him to complete the fence
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Question 956470: So far it has taken Mark 3 hours to paint 20% of a fence.how much longer will it take him to complete the fence
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Question 956544: Jamie works 3 times faster than Steven. Together, they do a job in 9 hours. How long does it take Steven working alone to do the same job?
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Question 956567: A pipe can fill a tank in 3 hours. Another pipe can empty the tank in 6 hours. If the tank is empty and both pipes are open, how many hours will it take to fill the tank?
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Question 956605: 70 men can dig 15000 square meter field in 5 days. How many men required to complete 22500 square meter field in 25 days.
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Question 956559: a man does half as much work as his son in three - four of the time .if they take 18 days to complete the work .how many days will take to do work alone
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Question 956764: Chad can paint a room in 2 hours. Cassie can paint a room in 3 hours. How long would it take them to paint a room working together?
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Question 956885: One tap could fill a bucket in 3 minutes. Another tap could
fill the same bucket in 2 minutes.
How long would it take to fill the bucket if both taps were
used?
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Question 957101: you have a 6-pint mixture of paint that is made up of equal amount of red and yellow paint. To create a certain shade of orange, you need a paint mixture that is 30% red. How many pints of yellow paint do tou need to add to the mixture?
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Question 957219: Alvin, Betty, and Charlie want to paint a living room. Alvin could paint the room in 3 hours if he worked by himself. Betty could do it in 4 hours by herself, and Charlie would take 8 hours if working by himself. If they all work together and don�t get in each other�s way, how long will the job take?
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Question 957260: it takes 2 1/2 gallons of paint to cover one wall. if i have 12 gallons of paint and paint 4 walls how much is left
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Question 957495: a pool can be filled with a pipe in 12 hours, and it can also be filled in 30 hours with a hose. how long would it take if both were filling the pool?

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Question 957740: y varies directly as x and inversely as the square of z. y=12 when x=64 and z=4. Find y when x=63 and z=3
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Question 957773: Miller mows her lawn every 5 days and Jack mows every 8 days. They both mowed their lawns today. How many days will it be before they both mow their lawns on the same day?
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Question 957856: if 4 men can paint a building in 7days.how long it will take 2 men to do the same work ?
please show working and explanation.

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Question 958080: 3/4 gallon of paint will cover 2/3 of the wall. how much paint is needed to cover the whole wall?
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Question 958152: It takes 7 men 10 days to build a garage. Half way through building the garage they get some help from 3 more men and continue to work at the same rate.
a) How long will it take to FINISH OFF the garage? __________________________________
b) How long did it take to build the garage altogether? ________________________________
I tried finding how many days 1 man takes to build the garage but I do not know how to do that...
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Question 958151: Please help me to solve this probblem: A tank can be filled by one pipe in 5 hours and by another pipe in 8 hours. It can be emptied by a drain pipe in 6 hours. If all three pipes are open, how long will it take to fill the tank?
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Question 958236: Eight masons can build a wall in 5 hours. Calculate how long it will take for 6 masons to build this wall if all of the masons work at the same rate.
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Question 958318: Jon, Denny, and Ashley are taking turns washing cars at a basketball team fundraiser. Together they work for 54 minutes. Jon worked for 15 minutes. Ashley worked twice as long as Denny. How long did Ashley work for? I have taken 54 and subtracted 15 that Jon worked. It left 39 minutes I'm not sure how to finish the rest of this problem

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Question 958295: Eight masons can build a wall in 5 hours. How long will it take 6 masons to build this wall if all work at the same rate
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Question 958337: An inlet pipe on a swimming pool can be used to fill the pool in 14 hours. The drain pipe can be used to empty the pool in 15 hours. If the pool is 2/3 filled and then the inlet pipe and drain pipe are opened,how long from that time will it take to fill the pool?
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Question 958724: if 15 machines do the work in 105 days then how many days are required for same work by 35 machines?
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Question 958779: Farmer Dan has 2736 feet of fence with which to enclose a field. The length of the field is 8 feet more than three times its width. What is the length of the field?

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Question 958957: An inlet pipe on a swimming pool can be used to fill the pool in 21 hours. The drain pipe can be used to empty the pool in 28 hours. If the pool is 1/4 filled and then the inlet pipe and drain pipe are opened, how long from that time will it take to fill the pool?

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Question 958982: three men A B C working together can do a job in 6 hrs less time than A alone, in 1 hr less time than B alone and in one half the time needed by C when working alone. then A and B together can do a job in ____ minutes.
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Question 959360: Jane can paint a 12 foot by 12 foot wall in 3/4 of an hour how long will it take her to paint another wall that is 15 times 16 feet
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Question 959415: Painting a room that is 14ft3in by 16ft. 100sqft an hour. How many hours will it take to paint the room?
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Question 959398: A towns old street sweeper can clean the streets in 60h. The old sweeper together with a new sweeper can clean the streets in 15h. How long would it take the new sweeper to do the job alone?

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Question 959429: If it 7 workers 38 hours to fabricate a steel tank, how long will it take 11 workers, working the same rate, to do the same job?
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Question 959474: IF IT TAKES 8 PEOPLE 4 AND A HALF HOURS TO CLEAN A PARK, HOW MANY HOURS WILL IT TAKE 20 PEOPLE TO CLEAN A PARK?

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Question 959474: IF IT TAKES 8 PEOPLE 4 AND A HALF HOURS TO CLEAN A PARK, HOW MANY HOURS WILL IT TAKE 20 PEOPLE TO CLEAN A PARK?

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Question 959538: A takes half time than B to do a work. C takes time equal to A and B together. If three together can do the
work in 7 days then in how many days A alone can do the work?
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Question 959586: The amount A paid to a work crew varies jointly as the number of persons working N and the length of time worked t. If 5 bricklayers take 6 days to finish a certain job, how long would it take 7 bricklayers to finish a similar job requiring 4 times the number of bricks?
Round your answer to the nearest integer.

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Question 959645: A sink has two faucets: one for hot water and one for cold water. The sink can be filled by a cold water faucet in 5 minutes. If both faucets are open, the sink is filled in 4 minutes. How long does it take to fill the sink with just the hot water faucet open?
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Question 959641: A tour bus normally leaves for its destination at 5:00 p.m. for a 330 mile trip. This week however, the bus leaves at 5:30 p.m. To arrive on time, the driver drives 5 miles per hour faster than usual. What is the bus` usual speed?
I did my best, it was not good enough
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