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Two men are decorating a room. One has painted 20 m² and the
other only 6 m². They continue painting and manage to paint
another x m'each. If the first man has painted exactly three times
the area painted by the second man, find the value of x.

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mhanifa

Answer:

  • 1 m²

Step-by-step explanation:

The first man painted:

  • x + 20

The second man painted:

  • x + 6

If the first man painted 3 times more, then:

  • x + 20 = 3(x + 6)
  • x + 20 = 3x + 18
  • 3x - x = 20 - 18
  • 2x = 2
  • x = 1

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