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  1. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    John got it right, according to sara.
  2. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    You are told that there are individual brown socks and black socks in a drawer in the ratio of five black socks for every four brown socks. How many socks do you have to pull out of the drawer to be certain to have at least one pair of either color? And let’s say that to buy a bat and a ball...
  3. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    As MB would say, like a dog watching TV, here. :|:
  4. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    Mellow and I say 8hrs. Ok, let's say they started at the same time. After 6 hours, she would have the full length of the first fence painted, and since he paints half as fast, he would have half that distance painted which is equal to half the length of the first fence. So after 6 hours they...
  5. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    Gonna take 8 hours to paint the double length fence working together
  6. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    Not only is she a hella painter, she's handy with a paddle too.
  7. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    I believe Mellow has provided the correct answer. I believe it would take them 4 hours together to paint the first fence
  8. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    How do you figure their average speed?
  9. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    Let's assume she is wearing a painter's thong.
  10. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    Yes Jim helped but it turns out John is hot for sarah so did his rate increase or decrease?
  11. cory

    Sarah takes 6 hours to paint a fence and John takes 12 hours to paint the same fence.

    How long will it take to paint a fence twice as long if they work together? It took me over 10 minutes to get what I think is the right answer. I'm not good with math though I think it is hugely fascinating. I don't usually go for problems like this but for some reason this one hooked me...
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