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Andrew can paint the neighbors house 5 times as fast as Bailey. The year Andrew and Bailey worked together, it took them 8 days. How long would it take each to paint the house. Andrew :Bailey:Please help me solve

Answer :

Let A be the number of days that Andrew uses to paint the house, and B be the number of days that Bailey uses to paint the house. Since Andrew can paint the house 5 times as fast as Bailey and together take 8 days, we can set the following system of equations:

[tex]\begin{gathered} B=5A, \\ \frac{8}{A}+\frac{8}{B}=1. \end{gathered}[/tex]

Substituting the first equation in the second one we get:

[tex]\frac{8}{A}+\frac{8}{5A}=1.[/tex]

Multiplying the above result by A we get:

[tex]\begin{gathered} (\frac{8}{A}+\frac{8}{5A})\times A=1\times A,_{} \\ 8+\frac{8}{5}=A\text{.} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Simplifying the above result we get that:

[tex]A=9\frac{3}{5}.[/tex]

Finally, substituting A=9.6 in B=5A we get:

[tex]\begin{gathered} B=5\cdot9\frac{3}{5}, \\ B=48. \end{gathered}[/tex]

Answer:

[tex]\begin{gathered} \text{Andrew: 9}\frac{3}{5}\text{ days,} \\ \text{Bailey: 48 days.} \end{gathered}[/tex]

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