Homework Help: math

Posted by frank on Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 6:21am.

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?

math - bobpursley, Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 7:16am
work=rate*time

worktotal=sallyrate*time + johnrate*time

time= worktotal/(sallyrate +johnrate)

= 1house/(house/4 + house/6)
= 24/24 * 1/(1/4 + 1/6)
= 24 * 1/(6 + 4)= 24/10 hrs

check my thinking.

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