Question

cleo can paint a room in 8 hours. while phil can paint the same room in 6 hours. if they paint the room together. how long will it take them to paint the room?

Answer 1

Answer:

its a fraction so it would be 3  3/7

Step-by-step explanation:

Working together, it will take Cleo and Phil 3

__

3

7

hours to paint the room.

Let x represent the number of hours it will take to paint the room while working together.

__x

8

1 __x

6

5 1

24( __x

8

1 __x

6

) 5 24(1)

3x 1 4x 5 24

7x 5 24

x 5 ___

24

7

or 3__

3

7