Three numbers have a sum of 82. The second number is twice the first number. The third number is 7 more than the second number.
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If Nate paints the wall in 4 hours, it means that he can paint 1/4 of the wall every hour.
Similarly, if Jill paints the wall in 7 hours, it means that he can paint 1/7 of the wall in one hour.
So, together, they paint the following fraction of the wall in one hour:
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At this rate, they need 28/11 hours to paint the whole wall, in fact, after that amount of time they paint
i.e. the whole wall