Posted by Robert on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 at 12:30pm.
In one hour,
dad paints 1/4 fence
son paints 1/6 fence
together they paint 5/12 fence
so, they paint a whole fence in 12/5 hours, or 2 hrs 24 min
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