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Question 993050: a man paint a house in 2 days while his son paint the same house in 4 days. how many days will both take if they paint the house together Answer by vleith(2983) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! The man can paint 1/2 house in a day. The son can paint 1/4 house in a day.
Together they can paint house in a day. Thats 3/4 house a day.
How many days will it take to paint the whole house
It will take 1 and 1/3 days to paint the house together