Question

2. 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?

Answer 1

2 just subtract the times from each other

Answer 2

what would be the exact number

Answer 3

2

Answer 4

the answer is 2 hours and 24 minutes. i dont know how to get the answer

Answer 5

If Sally can paint the house in 4 hours, then in 1 hour she can paint 1/4 of the house.
If John can paint the house in 6 hours, then in 1 hour he can paint 1/6 of the house.
Let x = number of hours it would take them together to paint the house, then working together, in 1 hour they can paint 1/x of the house.

Answer 6

can you show me the step by chance?

Answer 7

simple here's the formula for it

Answer 8

thath would be 10/24. What would be next?

Answer 9

thanks for the medal :)

Answer 10

ur welcome and thx 4 the help

Answer 11

no problem

Answer 12

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Answer 13

can you be one of my fans?

Answer 14

I am now a fan:)

Answer 15

ty bye

Answer 16

multiply of them divided by addition
(4*6)/(4+6) = 24/10 = 2.4 h = 2h + 0.4 h = 2h + 0.4*60 m = 2h + 24m