Question 375587
helena can paint in 5 days
helena can do 1/5 of thejob in 1 day.
damian in 8 days
damian can do 1/8 of the job in 1 day.
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both together can do 1/5 +1/8 of the job in 1 day.
1/8 +1/5 = (8+5)/40
=13/40 of the job in 1 day
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so they will take 40/13 days to complete the job
=3.07 days.
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