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It takes 282828 minutes for 777 people to paint 777 walls. How many minutes does it take 141414 people to paint 141414 walls?

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It takes 28minutes for 7 people to paint 7 walls. How many minutes does it take 14 people to paint 14 walls?

Answer:

28 minutes

Explanation:

It takes 28minutes for 7 people to paint 7 walls.

Hence, the today number of minutes for 1 person to paint the wall =>

7 people = 28 minutes

1 person = 28 minutes × 7 people =

198 people minutes = 7 walls

1 wall = 198 /7

1 wall = 28 people minutes

How many minutes does it take 14 people to paint 14 walls?

From the above calculation,

1 wall = 28 people minutes

14 walls =

= 14 walls × 28 people minutes/14 People

= 28 minutes

Therefore, it would take 28 minutes for 14 people to paint 14 walls.

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