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You paint 13 1 3 of a wall in 14 1 4 hour. At that rate, how long will it take you to paint one wall?

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Find the rate at which you work, that is, the # of walls painted per hour:

13 1/3 walls 40/3

------------------ = ---------- wall per hour

14 1/4 hr 57/4

Keep 40/3 as it is; invert the divisor (57/4) and then multiply the result by 40/3:

40 4 160 wall

------ * ------ = --------------- = approx. 0.94 wall in one hour, or 160/171 wall / hr

3 57 171 hr

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Answer:

the answer is 3/4 hrs

Explanation:

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