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Review: A Painting Machine's Rate
Explanation
In this question, since the rate of this painting is
constant, we can write a fraction for its rate painting so far and set it equal
to the rate of the rest of the paining to be done:
Cross-multiplying:
A fifth of an hour is 
minutes, so the time remaining is 8 hours and
24 minutes. The correct answer is (B).
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