Answer: About 3 hours and 5 minutes to paint the room together.
Step-by-step explanation:
Sally can paint 1/5 of the room in an hour and Steve can paint 1/8 of the room in an hour.
Room/Hour
1/5 ± 1/8 =8/40
8/40+5/40=13/40
How long to paint the room?
13/40 x 1= 40/13
40÷13=3.0777
So the answer will be Sally and Steve can paint the room in about 3 hours and 5 minutes
