SOLUTION: Lucy can paint a wall in 5 hours and working with Pedro the two of them can paint the fence in 2 hours. Exactly how long would it have taken Pedro to paint the fence alone?
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Question 1064602: Lucy can paint a wall in 5 hours and working with Pedro the two of them can paint the fence in 2 hours. Exactly how long would it have taken Pedro to paint the fence alone? Answer by ikleyn(52783) (Show Source):
Working together, they paint of the area in one hour.
Working alone, Lucy paints of the area in one hour.
Hence, Pedro paints = = of the area per hour.
It means that Pedro takes hours to paint the room working alone.
hours = hours = 3 hours and 20 minutes.
It is your answer.
