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It takes 40 minutes for 8 people to paint 4 walls.

How many minutes does it take 10 people to paint 7 walls?

User Bluesmonk
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it takes 60 minutes for 10 people because if you. punt by tens u get that exact number
User Nate Murray
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56 minutes for 5 people to paint 10 walls         multiply by 5 to get 1 persondivide by 7 to get 7 peopledivide by 10 to get 1 wall     multiply by 8 to get 8 walls(56)5*8)/(10*7) minutes for 7 people to paint 8 walls2240/70 = 32 minutes
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