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SOMEONE HELP ME PLEASE

Tom can paint a house in 16 hours and Bob can paint the house in 12 hours how long would it take them to paint the house if they worked together?

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Answer:

14 hours

Explanation:

add 16+12=28

since there 2 people you then divide that number by 2

which gives you 14

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