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Working together, Claire, Barry, and Howard can paint a living room in \(2\frac{1}{2}\) hours. If, working alone, Claire can paint the living room in 7 hours and Barry can paint the living room in 5 hours, how many hours would it take Howard, working alone, to paint the living room?

A. 3 1/2
B. 5
C. 7
D. 11 1/2
E. 17 1/2

Let the total work be 35 units...

So, Efficiency of Claire, Barry, and Howard is 35/2.5 = 14 units/hr
And , Efficiency of Claire is 35/7 = 5 units/hr & Efficiency of Barry is 35/5 = 7 units/hr

Thus, Efficiency of Howard is 14 - ( 5 + 7 ) = 2 units/ Hour.

So, Time required for him to complete the task is \(17 \frac{1}{2}\) , Answer must be (E)
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