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17 March, 02:28

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.

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  1. 17 March, 05:04
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    Sally paints at a rate of 1/7th room / hour

    Steve paints at a rate of 1/6th room / hour

    If they both painted together, they would paint 1/7 + 1/6 = 13/42 room/hour

    so to paint the whole room, it would take 1 / (13/42) = 42/13 =

    3.23 hours (3 significant figures)
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