suppose one painter can paint the entire house in twelve hours, and the second painter takes eight hours to paint a similarly-sized house. How long would it take the two painters together to paint the house? Checking is needed right now :-)
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suppose one painter can paint the entire house in twelve hours, and the second painter takes eight hours to paint a
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Given:Painter A= 12 hours (Means he can do job a day)
Painter B= 8 hours (Means he can do job a day)
Painter A + Painter B= 1 job (Rate together is equal to )
Solution:
Multiply then by 24x to simplify the equation
2x+3x=24
5x=24
x=
Therefore, they can complete the job together in 4 hours and 48 minutes.
Checking:
Substitute the value of x to the original equation: