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Sally can paint a room in 8 hours while it takes Steve 6 hours

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Explanation:

Sally paints ⅛ of a room per hour.

Steve paints ⅙ of a room per hour.

Working together, they paint ⅛ + ⅙ = 7/24 of the job per hour, finishing in 24/7 hours.

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