SOLUTION: you and your apprentice paint walls at a constant pace. you can paint a wall in 8 hours while your apprentice can paint the same wall in 12 hours. you and your apprentice start pai
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Question 905005: you and your apprentice paint walls at a constant pace. you can paint a wall in 8 hours while your apprentice can paint the same wall in 12 hours. you and your apprentice start painting the wall at 10:30 am. at what time will the wall be completed? explain why? Answer by ewatrrr(24785) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! |Multiplying thru by 24x so as all denominators = 1
3x + 2x = 24
5x = 24
x = 24/5 = 4.8 hrs 0r 4hrs and 48min 0r 1hr 30min(NOON) + 3hr 18min
3:18pm job will be completed
