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    It takes 60 minutes for 7 people to paint 5 walls. How many minutes does it take 10 people to paint

    It takes 60 minutes for 7 people to paint 5 walls. How many minutes does it take 10 people to paint 10 walls? Rate * Time = Output Let "Rate" (r) be the rate at which one person works. So we have: 7r * 60 = 5 Multiply through and simplify: 420r = 5 Divide each side by 5 to isolate r: r =...
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