SOLUTION: The Department ot Education is holding their annual Brigada Eskwela to prepare and clean up the classrooms.Kimberly can paint a chair in 45 minutes.Arthur can paint the same chairs

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Question 1002869: The Department ot Education is holding their annual Brigada Eskwela to prepare and clean up the classrooms.Kimberly can paint a chair in 45 minutes.Arthur can paint the same chairs in 30 minutes. If they work together, how long will it take them to paint six chairs.
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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Painting the chair 1 job
Kimberly 45 minutes
She does 1/45 job in 1 minute
Arthur 30 minutes
He does 1/30 of thejob in 1 minute
Together they will do 1/45 + 1/30 +
Together they will do 1/18 of the job in one minute
So they will take 18 minutes

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