document.write( "Question 1021553: sally can paint a room in 7 hours while it takes steve 9 hours how long would it take them to paint a room together? \n" ); document.write( "

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\n" ); document.write( "sally can paint a room in 7 hours while it takes steve 9 hours how long would it take them to paint a room together?
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document.write( "Sally's rate of painting room is  of the painting area per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Steve's rate of painting room is  of the painting area per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Their combined rate is  =  =  of the painting area per hour.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Hence, it will take  =  of an hour for Sally and Steve to paint the room, if they work together.\r\n" );
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