Layna can paint a 350-square-foot room in 4 hours. It takes Bebe 7 hours to paint the same room. Which equation can be used to find t, the time it takes Layna and Bebe to paint the room together

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Ayaan Graves

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24 December, 21:11

Layna can paint a 350-square-foot room in 4 hours. It takes Bebe 7 hours to paint the same room. Which equation can be used to find t, the time it takes Layna and Bebe to paint the room together

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Alma Conway · Answer 1

He amount of work done by Layna every hour is 1/4 and that of Bebe is 1/7. These are all dependent on their rates to do the job alone. After working for t hours, they will accomplish 1 job. Thus, this is shown in the equation,

(1/7 + 1/4) x t = 1

Solving for t gives an answer of 2.55 hours.