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    rhombus
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    Miami Heat Math Volume 1

    It would take Dwayne Wade takes 3 hours to paint a wall
    It would take Lebron James takes 4 hours to paint the same wall
    It would take Chris Bosh takes 5 hours to paint the same wall

    If they all work together how long will it take them to paint
    the wall together?

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    Dear rhombus,

    Please retake English 100.

    Sincerely,

    Wade, James, and Bosh

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    The wall would never get painted because they wouldn't know who was supposed to grab the brush and who was supposed to hold the ladder

    But as far as your lil question of the day is concerned, I think the answer is 4.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rhombus View Post
    It would take Dwayne Wade takes 3 hours to paint a wall
    It would take Lebron James takes 4 hours to paint the same wall
    It would take Chris Bosh takes 5 hours to paint the same wall

    If they all work together how long will it take them to paint
    the wall together?
    1 hour 17 mins

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    12 hours cause they dont work together?

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    Quote Originally Posted by BayArea888 View Post

    1 hour 17 mins
    ^ This.

    But I like TJ's answer better.

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    In one hour, Dwade paints 1/3 of a wall
    In one hour, LBJ paints 1/4 of a wall
    In one hour, Bosh paints 1/5 of a wall

    now turn those into even fractions with a common denominator, in this case it would be 60

    In one hour, Dwade paints 20/60 of a wall
    In one hour, LBJ paints 15/60 of a wall
    In one hour, Bosh paints 12/60 of a wall

    Collectively, they paint 47/60 of a wall in 1 hour, which is 78.33%

    13/60 of the wall remains at this point. The heat's big three paint at a rate of .783 parts per minute, meaning 13 more parts would take 17 more minutes for the big 3.

    The correct answer is 77 minutes, or 1 hour and 17 minutes

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    Or just:

    1/(1/3+1/4+1/5) = 1hr 17min

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    You sure it's not 1 hour and 18 mins? That's what I got. 9 divided by 12, is 4, then 4 divided by 3 = 1.3333, which means .33_ of an hour is 18 mins., no??

    But ask how long it takes them to win an Eastern Final, then the answer is depending on the number of trades, divided by the salaries paid, plus the sum of the good players that can perform, minus the sum of the new trades that cannot, then the answer is equal to: Next year, maybe????

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    miami will never enter the finals this year!

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    point nother blueline , watch chicago give em a hard time tonite

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    The question and answers are irrelevant, these players don't paint walls they play basketwall.

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    Quote Originally Posted by twelvejewelz View Post
    12 hours cause they dont work together?

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    Haha, sorry about the phrasing. I can indeed speak English fluently, but I forgot to proofread the question after rephrasing it.

    The question should read:

    It would take Dwayne Wade 3 hours to paint a wall
    It would take Lebron James 4 hours to paint the same wall
    It would take Chris Bosh 5 hours to paint the same wall

    If they all work together how long will it take them to paint
    the wall?

    Anyway, it looks like everyone still understood the question just fine. If they worked together efficiently then it would take 1/(1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5) hours as other posters already stated. I was looking for something greater than 5 hours though so I like twelvejewelz answer.

    The next question (at a later date) will be directly related to basketball.

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    1/Wade + 1/James + 1/Bosh = 1/Total

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    Are they getting paid to paint the wall?

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    Just let the Celtics paint the wall. They'll WILL do a better job.

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    Spurs would do the best job in painting

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    The wall would never be completed because Lebron would hog all the paintbrushes to himself and accidentally spill the wrong color of paint all over the wall at the most crucial clutch moment and have to start all over again

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    they would tip the paint over

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    They'd hit the wall, because they can't control the paint.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dark Horse View Post
    They'd hit the wall, because they can't control the paint.
    took what i was ognna say about the paint

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    Haha, I didn't even notice any hidden meaning in the question. That's probably because paint was an arbitrary choice for me though.

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    Does this 1h 17m include cry breaks?

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