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Tom is painting a fence 100 feet long. He starts at the West end of the fence and paints at a rate of 5 feet per hour. After 2 hours, Huck joins Tom and begins painting from the East end of the fence at a rate of 8 feet per hour. After 2 hours of the two boys painting at the same time, Tom leaves Huck to finish the job by himself.

Answer 1

6 hours

Explanation:

distance=rate×time (or d=rt)to determine the total length of the fence Tom paints.

d=(5)(4)

d=20 feet

Subtracting this from the total length of the fence 100 feet gives the length of the fence Tom will NOT paint: 100−20=80 feet. If Huck finishes the job, he will paint that 80 feet of the fence. Using d=rt, we can determine how long this will take Huck to do:

80=8(t)

t=10 hours.

If Huck works 10 hours and Tom works 4 hours, he works 6 more hours than Tom.

Answer 2

Answer: 26 feet

Explanation:

They have completed 26 feet in total I don’t really understand the question because I don’t understand what I am supposed to answer so I am kinda guessing on this one. Sorry if I am wrong