If it takes one person 4 hours to paint a room and another person 12 hours to
paint the same room, working together they could paint the room even quicker, it
turns out they would paint the room in 3 hours together. This can be reasoned by
the following logic, if the first person paints the room in 4 hours, she paints 14 of
the room each hour. If the second person takes 12 hours to paint the room, he
paints 1 of the room each hour. So together, each hour they paint 1 + 1 of the 12 4 12
room. Using a common denominator of 12 gives: 3 + 1 = 4 = 1. This means 12 12 12 3
each hour, working together they complete 13 of the room. If 13 is completed each hour, it follows that it will take 3 hours to complete the entire room.
This pattern is used to solve teamwork problems. If the first person does a job in A, a second person does a job in B, and together they can do a job in T (total). We can use the team work equation.
Teamwork Equation: A1 + B1 = T1
Often these problems will involve fractions. Rather than thinking of the first frac-
tion as A1 , it may be better to think of it as the reciprocal of A’s time.
World View Note: When the Egyptians, who were the first to work with frac- tions, wrote fractions, they were all unit fractions (numerator of one). They only used these type of fractions for about 2000 years! Some believe that this cumber- some style of using fractions was used for so long out of tradition, others believe the Egyptians had a way of thinking about and working with fractions that has been completely lost in history.
Answer:
Percent increase is 17.6%
We still have to pay 7.50 with the coupon
Step-by-step explanation:
Percent increase = (new- original)/original *100%
= (10-8.5)/8.5 * 100%
= 1.5/8.5 * 100%
= 17.6470588%
Round to the nearest tenth
17.6%
This is an increase since the cost went up.
If we have 25% off, we still have to pay (100%-25%) = 75%
10 *.75 = 7.50
We still have to pay 7.50 with the coupon
Answer:
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Step-by-step explanation:
Find his rate:
120 / 15 = $8 per hour
Multiply the rate by hours:
$8 x 20 hours = $160
He will earn $160
Answer:
for 8/24 the answer will be 1/3.
and for 8/32 the answer will be 1/4.
and for 6/30 the answer will be 1/5.
and for 12/24 the answer will be 1/2.
and for 9/21 the answer will be 3/7.
and for 5/20 the answer will be 1/4
Step-by-step explanation:
