Question

house can be painted by two persons a man and his wife. The wife alone takes 24 minutes longer than the man to paint the house. The wife alone takes 32
A minutes longer to paint the house than when both the man and his wife are working together. How long does it take the man alone to paint the house?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

It involves a number of people or machines working together to complete a task.

We are usually given individual rates of completion.

We are asked to find out how long it would take if they work together.

Sounds simple enough doesn’t it? Well it is!

There is just one simple concept you need to understand in order to solve any ‘work’ related word problem.

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