Answer:
5.3 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
Jane can paint the office by herself in 7 hours.
with an associate, she can paint the office in 3 hours.
The combined work rate is 3 hours per office
Required
the work rate for the associate
Step two:
let the expression for the wok rate be
1/A+1/B= 1/T
1/7+1/B=1/3
1/B=1/3-1/7
1/B= 8-4/21
1/B= 4/21
B= 21/4
B=5.3 hours
the work rate for the associate is 5.3 hours
