larry painted 1/3 of the fence.Lionel painted 3/5,Lester painted the final 40ft.How long waz the fence
Let L be the length.
L/3 + 3L/5 + 40 = L
40 = (15L - 5L - 9L)/15
= L/15
Solve for L
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To find the length of the fence, we need to combine the lengths painted by Larry, Lionel, and Lester.
Larry painted 1/3 of the fence, Lionel painted 3/5, and Lester painted the remaining 40ft.
Since we don't have the actual length of the fence, we will represent it as "x".
Larry painted 1/3 of the fence, so he painted (1/3) * x = x/3.
Lionel painted 3/5 of the fence, so he painted (3/5) * x = 3x/5.
Together, Larry and Lionel painted a total of x/3 + 3x/5 of the fence.
Now, let's subtract this from the total length of the fence to find out how much Lester painted.
Total length - Length painted by Larry and Lionel = Length painted by Lester
x - (x/3 + 3x/5) = 40ft
To solve this equation, we need to find a common denominator for 3 and 5, which is 15. So, we can rewrite the equation as:
15x/15 - (5x/15 + 9x/15) = 40ft
(15x - (5x + 9x))/15 = 40ft
(15x - 14x)/15 = 40ft
x/15 = 40ft
To isolate x, we'll multiply both sides of the equation by 15:
x = 40ft * 15
x = 600ft
Therefore, the length of the fence is 600 feet.