Let's look at work rates per minute.
Together they can paint the wall in x minutes.
Working together, in 1 minute, they do 1/x of the job.
The student who paints the wall in 16 minutes does 1/16 of the job in 1 minute.
The student who paints the wall in 24 minutes does 1/24 of the job in 1 minute.
Together, they do 1/16 + 1/24 of the job in 1 minute, but from above, we see that together, they do 1/x of the job in 1 minute, so 1/16 + 1/24 must equal 1/x. That gives us our equation.
1/16 + 1/24 = 1/x
1/16 * 3/3 + 1/24 * 2/2 = 1/x
3/48 + 2/48 = 1/x
5/48 = 1/x
x = 48/5 = 9.6
Answer: It takes them 9.6 minutes, or about 10 minutes to do the job together.
Only two numbers less than 100 have a factor of 40: 40 (1 x 40) and 80 (2 x 40). Since 40 is a factor of both 40 and 80, 10 must also be a factor - indeed, 40 = 4 x 10 and 80 = 8 x 10.
The two number must be 40 and 80.
Answer:
3 is greater than -4, but the line with slope -4 is steeper than the line with slope 3.
Step-by-step explanation:
3 is greater than -4, so strictly speaking, a slope of 3 is greater than a slope of -4.
On the other hand, the steepness of a line depends on the absolute value of the slope.
|3| = 3
|-4| = 4
Since 4 > 3, the line with slope -4 is steeper than the line with slope 3.
Answer: 3 is greater than -4, but the line with slope -4 is steeper than the line with slope 3.
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