Question

Sam can paint an apartment living room in 3 hours, and Pam can paint the same room in 2 hours. The solution to the equation §+ £ = 1 describes how long it will take them to paint the living room if they work together. Before solving this problem, make a guess about the answer. Then solve the equation. How did your guess compare?

Answer 1

sorry its so long

Explanation:

We multiply the entire equation by the number

6

6 in order to get rid of the fractions.

2

�

+

3

�

=

6

5

�

=

6

�

=

6

5

=

1

1

5

1

1

5

ℎ

=

1

hour

12

minutes

2x+3x

5x

x

1

5

1

​

h

​

=6

=6

=

5

6

​

=1

5

1

​