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Rates: work problems

Two Painters, One Room

Alice paints a room in 6 hours. Bob paints it in 3. A three-minute film on why the answer is 2 hours, and why you add rates instead of times.

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The problem

Alice can paint a room in 6 hours. Bob can paint the same room in 3 hours. Working together, how long will it take them to paint the room?

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