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You paint 12 wall in 14 hour. At that rate, how long will it take you to paint one wall?

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so for this question we have 12 wall in 14 hours and we want to know 1 wall in how many hours so you can say 14 /12 = ?/1 ⇒ ? ? = ( 1×14 )/12 =14 /12 = 1.166
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User Merna Mustafa
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To answer this we will find the unit rate. To find the unit rate we will set up a proportion:-


(x)/(1) = (14)/(12)

♥1 × 14 = 14
♥ 14 ÷ 12 = 1.166.....

So, in 1 hour 1.166..... walls can be painted.

Hope I helped ya!!
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