Problema Solution

Tom can paint a wall in 20 minutes. Same can paint a wall in 22 minutes. If they work together, how long will it take them to paint a wall?

Answer provided by our tutors

let 'x' represent the time in minutes it takes to paint the wall together:


1/x = 1/20 + 1/22

solving for 'x' we have x=10.476


working together, they can pain the wall in approximately 10 1/2 minutes