Sally can paint a room in 7 hours while it takes Steve 6 hours to paint the same room. How long would it take them to paint the room if they worked together?
Answer (2)
Sally and Steve have individual painting rates of 1/7 and 1/6 room per hour, respectively. Working together, their combined rate is 13/42 room per hour, and they would take approximately 3.23 hours to paint the room together. ;
Sally and Steve can work together to paint a room at a combined rate of 42 13 of the room per hour. Thus, it will take them about 3.23 hours to complete the painting. This is calculated by finding their individual rates and adding them together.
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