GeminiHeat wrote:
Linda and Angela contract to paint a neighbor's house. Even though Linda spends 50% more time painting the house than Angela, each receives a payment of m dollars when the work is completed. If Angela decides to pay Linda n dollars so that they would have received the same compensation per hour worked, what is n in terms of m ?
A) 1/2 m
B) 1/3 m
C) 1/4 m
D) 1/5 m
E) 1/6 m
Let Angela work for 10 hours and earn
m dollars
So, Linda works for 15 hours and earn
m dollars
After Angela has given Linda
n dollars, they will earn same hourly rate
i.e.
(m+n)15=(m−n)10(m+n)3=(m−n)22m+2n=3m−3nm=5nn=m5Hence, option D