I say 24 hours, because they'll get thirsty and find the beer!!

At 01:58 PM 1/17/02 -0600, Denys Beauchemin wrote:
>It should take about 7 hours.
>
>Put two people together in the same room and they are going to start talking
>and arguing and this just slows down the whole process.
>
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Denys. . .
>
>Denys Beauchemin
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
>VANCE,JEFF (HP-Cupertino,ex1)
>Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 1:55 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: OT: word problem
>
>Hi all,
>
>Well, here we go again with a math word problem where my answer (and
>a few others' answers do) does not jive with the answer provided by a local
>newspaper - the San Jose Mercury News, in this case.
>
>I appeal to the intelligence of this group to vindicate me or
>show me where I went wrong.
>
>Q: Person A can paint a room in 3 hours.  Person B can paint the
>same size room in 4 hours.  How long will it take for A and B to
>paint the room together?
>
>
>I will forward my solution after a few of you have a crack at this
>very simple problem!
>
>regards,
> Jeff
>
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