SOLUTION: A man can paint a room in 4 hours and another man can paint the same room in 2 hrs.How long would it take to paint the room if they worked together
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Question 763871: A man can paint a room in 4 hours and another man can paint the same room in 2 hrs.How long would it take to paint the room if they worked together Answer by Cromlix(4381) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 1/4 + 1/2 = 1/x
Denominator = 4x
x + 2x = 4
3x = 4
x = 4/3
x = 1 1/3 hours
x = 1hr 20mins
Hope this helps.
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