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Two workers can paint a house in 7 hours. How much time will it take 3 workers to paint the same house?

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We have inverse proportion

Inverse proportion occurs when one value increases and the other decreases.

More workers on a job would reduce the time to complete the task. They are inversely proportional.

2w ----------------------- 7h

3w ----------------------- xh
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(+) (-) ⇒ 2\3 = x\7 ⇒ x = 2·7/3=14/3 =12/3+2/3 =

= 4h + (2·60/3) min = 4h +40min



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