Working alone, a painter can paint a house in four days. Working alone, his assistant can paint

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Working alone, a painter can paint a house in four days. Working alone, his assistant can paint the same house in six days. Working together, they can finish painting the house in x days. The equation above represents the situation described.image

Which of the following describes what 1/x represents in the above equation?

A) The portion of the job that the painter can finish in one day.

B) The portion of the job that the assistant can finish in one day.

C) The portion of the job that the painter and assistant together can finish in one day.

D) The portion of the job that the painter and assistant together can finish in four days.

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Acing The New SAT Math

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Authors: Thomas Hyun

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