According to the given data we have the following:
Cleo can paint a room in 8 hours, so this is=1/8x
Phil can paint the same room in 6 hours=1/6x
In order to calculate how long it take them to paint the room we would solve the following equation:
(1/6)(x)+(1/8)(x)=1
To solve this equation we would first multiply both sides by 24
Hence:
24*(1/6)(x)+24*(1/8)(x)=24
4x+3x=24
7x=24
x=24/7
x= 3 3/7 hours
Therefore It will take them 3 and 3/7 hours to pain the room.
In minutes it will take to them 205 minutes.