Re: Help - simple algebra

Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:58:54 GMT from Martin <martin.wilkins50
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> If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house

> in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house 
> together?

Sally paints 1/4 of a house in an hour.  John paints 1/6 of a house 
in an hour. Together they paint (1/4) + (1/6) = (10/24) of a house in 
an hour.  At that rate, how many hours will it take them to paint a 
whole house?

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