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Stels [109]
3 years ago
8

Ria can paint a room in 4 hours. Destiny can paint the same room in 6 hours. How long would it take Ria and Destiny to paint the

room if they were working together? Provide your answer in decimal form and omit units.
Mathematics
2 answers:
scoundrel [369]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:  The required time taken by Ria and Destiny to paint the room together is 2.4.

Step-by-step explanation:  Given that Ria can paint a room in 4 hours. Destiny can paint the same room in 6 hours.

We are to find the time to paint the room if Ria and Destiny work together.

Let t hours be the time taken to paint the room by Ria and Destiny if they work together.

So, in 1 hour, the fraction of the work done by Ria and Destiny is

\dfrac{1}{t}.

Now,

Ria can paint a room in 4 hours. So, in 1 hour, the fraction of the work done by Ria is

\dfrac{1}{4}.

Also, Destiny can paint the room in 6 hours. So, in 1 hour, the fraction of teh work done by Destiny is

\dfrac{1}{6}.

Therefore, we get

\dfrac{1}{t}=\dfrac{1}{4}+\dfrac{1}{6}\\\\\\ \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{t}=\dfrac{3+2}{12}\\\\\\ \Rightarrow \dfrac{1}{t}=\dfrac{5}{12}\\\\\\\Rightarrow t=\dfrac{12}{5}\\\\\\\Rightarrow t=2.4.

Thus, the required time taken by Ria and Destiny to paint the room together is 2.4 hours.

Lerok [7]3 years ago
4 0

Time taken by Ria to paint a room = 4 hours

Time taken by Destiny to paint a room = 6 hours

If they work together, they complete 1 job. So,

\frac{1x}{4}+\frac{1x}{6}=1

The LCD of 4 and 6 is 12

\frac{3x+2x}{12}=1

\frac{5x}{12}=1

5x=12

x=\frac{12}{5}

Hence, both of them can paint the room in \frac{12}{5} hours or 2.4 hours.


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