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Three spraying machines working together can finish painting a house in 60 minutes. How long will it take for 5 machines of the same capacity to do the same job?

Let the time required be minutes














Time (min)



60





No of spraying machines



3



5






Therefore the time taken by five spraying machines is 36 Minutes.


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