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You paint 1/3 of a wall in 1/4 hour. At that rate, how long will it take you to paint one wall?

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It will take you 3/4 hours to paint 1 wall
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If you would like to know how long will take you to paint one wall, you can calculate this using the following steps:

1/3 of a wall ... 1/4 hour
1 wall ... x hours = ?

1/3 * x = 1/4 * 1
1/3 * x = 1/4 /*3
x = 1/4 * 3
x = 3/4 hour

Result: It will take you 3/4 hour to paint one wall.
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