SOLUTION: You paint 1/2 wall in 1/4 hour. At that rate, how long will it take you to paint one wall?

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Question 929899: You paint 1/2 wall in 1/4 hour. At that rate, how long will it take you to paint one wall?
Answer by ptaylor(2198) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let x=amount of time it takes to paint 1 wall
You paint at the rate of (1/2 wall)/(1/4 hr)=2 walls/hr
So our equation to solve is:
2x=1 (wall, that is)
x=1/2 hour
Hope this helps---ptaylor