+152 Hi guys thanks for the help, here is the problem.
Morgan can paint a room in 10 hours, while Sophia can paint it in 4 hours. If Morgan paints for x hours and Sophia paints for y hours, they will finish half of the painting, while if Morgan paints for y hours and Sophia paints for x hours they will paint the whole room. Find the ordered pair (x,y), expressing both x and y as simplified fractions.
+36916 Painting the room = 1 whole job
Morgan rate = 1/10
Sophia rate = 1/4
Rate x time = 1 job
1/10 x + 1/4 y = 1/2 and
1/10 y + 1/4 x = 1 solve for x,y
Multiply top equation by - 2.5
(-2.5)/10 x - (2.5/4) y = -1.25
-1/4 x - 5/8 y = -1 .25
and add to the second equation to get
1/10 y - 5/8 y = -.25 solve for y
4/40 y - 25/40 y = -.25
-21/40 y = - .25
y = 10/21 hr Substitute this into one of the origianl equations to find 'x'
1/10 (10/21) + 1/4 x = 1
1/21 + 1/4 x = 1
1/4 x = 20/21
x = 80/21 x,y = ( 3 17/21 , 10/21)
+36916 Here is agraphical solution (I used to check my answer above):
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