Problema Solution

If Sally can paint a house in 4 hours, and John can paint the same house in 6 hour, how long will it take for both of them to paint the house together?

Answer provided by our tutors

sally can paint 1/4 in 1 hr

jonh can paint 1/6 in 1 hr

 

hence they can paint   x(1/4+1/6)=1

 x=24/10=2.4 hr