Question

Kent can paint a room in twice as fast as Luannda. Together they can paint the room in 5 hours. How long would it take Kent to paint the room alone? Write an equation to solve

Answer 1

for kent it would be
`(1)/(5)`

Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

Let us assume Luannda be
`(x)/(1)`

And for kent be 2x

Together they take 5 hours

So

`(x)/(1) + (2x)/(1) = 5\ hours\\\\3x = 5\\\\x = (5)/(3)`

So for kent it would be
`(1)/(5)`