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Question 929870: a painter can paint a fence in 12 hours working alone, his apprentice who works slower can paint the same fence in 24 hours. how many hours would it take to do the job if they worked together ? Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The painter can do 1/12 of the job per hour.
The apprentice can do 1/24 of the job pet hour.
Together, they would do1/12+1/24=3/24 of the job each hour,
so, to do the whole job together, it will take them =
