Person A can paint the neighbor's house 5 times as fast as Person B. The year A and B worked together, it took them 5 days. How long would it take for each Person A and Person B to paint the house?

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Person A can paint the neighbor's house 5 times as fast as Person B. The year A and B worked together, it took them 5 days. How long would it take for each Person A and Person B to paint the house?

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Answer 1 · 2018-01-02T13:14:29

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Explanation:

It took 5 days to paint the house. Person A paints 5 times as fast as person B, so in 5 days person A painted #5/6#ths of the house, and person B painted #1/6#th of the house.

For person A:

5 days = #5/6#

1 day = #1/6#

#6*(1/6)=6*1# day= 6 days. ( to paint all the house )

Person B:

5 days = #1/6#

1 day = #1/30#

#30*(1/30)=30*1# day= 30 days. ( to paint all the house )

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