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Rowena can paint a room in 1414 hours, while Ruby can paint it in 66 hours. If Rowena paints for xx hours and Ruby paints for yy hours, they will finish half of the painting, while if Rowena paints for yy hours and Ruby paints for xx hours they will paint the whole room. Find the ordered pair (x,y)(x,y).
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Rowena can paint a room in 14 hours, while Ruby can paint it in 6 hours. If Rowena paints for x hours and Ruby paints for y hours, they will finish half of the painting, while if Rowena paints for y hours and Ruby paints for x hours they will paint the whole room. Find the ordered pair (x,y).
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Rowena can paint a room in $14$ hours, while Ruby can paint it in $6$ hours. If Rowena paints for $x$ hours and Ruby paints for $y$ hours, they will finish half of the painting, while if Rowena paints for $y$ hours and Ruby paints for $x$ hours they will paint the whole room. Find the ordered pair $(x,y)$.

choices

  1. (\frac{11}{10}, \frac{11}{10})
  2. (\frac{231}{20}, \frac{21}{20})
  3. (\frac{231}{40}, \frac{21}{40})
  4. (1,1)

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