If a man can paint the same size house in 4 hours as it took a woman to paint in 8. How does he do that

Answer 1

The man paints 1/4 of the house each hour, while the woman paints 1/8 of the house each hour.

If x = time it takes to paint the house together, then (1/4)x + (1/8)x = 1

(3/8)x = 1

x = 8/3 = 2 2/3 hours. If they work together, the man and the woman will complete the paint job in

2 hours 40 minutes,