SOLUTION: George can paint a room alone in six hours .George starts painting at 10:00 AM. Ed joins George at 11:00 AM and two men continue painting until the room is completed. At what time
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Question 841580: George can paint a room alone in six hours .George starts painting at 10:00 AM. Ed joins George at 11:00 AM and two men continue painting until the room is completed. At what time will they finish painting the room ? Found 2 solutions by richwmiller, Copper:Answer by richwmiller(17219) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Not enough info. We don't know Ed's time alone and we don't know Ed and George's time together. Unless Ed makes more work for George, the job will be done by 4 pm but we don't know how much before.
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Since Ed joins in at 11:00AM, that means it will only take George 5 more hours to complete the room. Assuming Ed works just as fast as George, 5/2 = 2.5 So 11:00AM + 2:30 = 1:30PM.
The room will be completed at 1:30PM
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