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If Marie were to paint her living room alone, it would take 7 hours. Her sister Barbara could do the job in 8 hours. How many hours would it take them working together? Express your answer as a fraction reduced to lowest terms, if needed.

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Answer:

[tex]\sf\longmapsto \: 3.73 hours [/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

[tex]\sf\longmapsto \: \frac{1}{7 } + \frac{1}{8} [/tex]

[tex]\sf\longmapsto \: \frac{15}{56} [/tex]

Now, Reciprocal–

[tex]\sf\longmapsto \: \frac{56}{15} [/tex]

[tex]\sf\longmapsto \: 3.73 hours [/tex]

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