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If two painters can complete two rooms in two hours, how many painters would it take to do 18 rooms in 6 hours?

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If two painters can complete two rooms in two hours, how many painters would it take to do 18 rooms in 6 hours?
posted May 22, 2014 by Pushpak Chauhan

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2 painter takes 2 hours to Paint 2 rooms means,
1 painter takes 2 hours to paint 1 room.
So in 6 hours 1 painter can paint 3 rooms.
So to paint 18 rooms in 6 hours 6 painters are needed.

Answer is 6 Painters take 6 hours to paint 18 rooms

answer May 22, 2014 by Kunal Shah



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