Martha can paint a room in 2 hours
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Jamie can paint the same room in 6 hours. How long, to the nearest tenth of an hour, will it take them to paint the room together?
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Answer:
It will take 1.5 hours to paint the room together
Step-by-step explanation:
Martha can paint a room in 2 hours. Jamie can paint the same room in 6 hours.
Work done by Martha in 1 hour =
Work done by Jamie in 1 hour =
Work one together in 1 hour =
Now take common denominator to add both fractions
LCD = 6, Multiply the first fraction by 3
Now add the numerators
To find total hours of painting together, we take reciprocal of 2/3
Time taken to paint together =
It will take 1.5 hours to paint the room together
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