x | y
——-
-10|-18
-9 |-17
-8 |-16
-7 |-15
-6 |-14
-5 |-13
-4 |-12
-3 |-11
-2|-10
-1 | -9
0 | -8
1 | -7
2 |-6
3 | -5
4 | -4
5 | -3
6 | -2
7 | -1
8 | 0
9 | 1
10| 2
0=0
5=60
10=100
15=140
17=156
33=284
I think
How much part can sally paint in an hour ?
a ÷ 7 = a/7
And what about Steve ?
a ÷ 9 = a/9
Where, a is the total area of the room.
So, let the time taken by both of them to paint the room together be 't'
So,
t(a/7 + a/9) = a
t(9a/63 + 7a/63) = a
t(16a/63) = a
t = 63/16 ≈ 4 hr