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In 3 hours, 5 people can paint a hall with the area of 750 ft 2. How long would it take for 2 people to paint the hall with the same rate of speed?

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ANSWER:

STEP-BY-STEP EXPLANATION:

In this case, we can make a proportion, since we know the time when there are 5 people, we need to know the time when there are two people


(5)/(3)=(2)/(x)

solving for x:


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