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Tim and Tom are painting a crate. Tom paints 10 square feet per minute. They painted a particular crate in 1 day. Tim uses a sprayer and is 4.7 times as fast as Tom. How long would it take them to paint
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Tim and Tom are painting a crate. Tom paints 10 square feet per minute. They painted a particular crate in 1 day. Tim uses a sprayer and is 4.7 times as fast as Tom. How long would it take them to paint a crate with twice the volume and a similar shape?

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I agree with that good luck
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If x is the amount of time it took to paint the crate and y is the size, we can say that x=y. Therefore, if we multiply y by 2, we also have to multiply x by 2 so it'll take 2 days
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