Question

Betty and Karen have been hired to paint the houses in a new development. Working together, the women can paint a house in two-thirds the time that it takes Karen working alone. Betty takes 14 h to paint a house alone. Betty takes 6 h to paint a house alone.
Required:
How long does it take Karen to paint a house working alone?

Answer 1

Answer: 3 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

Here is the correct question:

Betty and karen have been hired to paint the houses in a new development. Working together the women can paint a house in two thirds the time that it takes karen working alone. Betty takes 6 hours to paint a house alone. How long does it take karen to paint a house working alone?

Since Betty takes 6 hours to paint a house alone, that means she can paint 1/6 of the house in 1 hour.

Karen can also paint 1/x in 1 hour

Both of them will paint the house in 3/2 hours.

We then add them together which gives:

1/6 + 1/x = 3/2x

The lowest common multiple is 6x

1x/6x + 6/6x = 9/6x

We then leave out the denominators

1x + 6 = 9

x = 9 - 6

x = 3

Karen working alone will paint a house in 3 hours.