SOLUTION: Shelly can cut a lawn with a riding mower in 4 hours less time than it takes William to cut the lawn with a push mower. If they can cut the lawn in 8 hours working together find ho

Question 1127050: Shelly can cut a lawn with a riding mower in 4 hours less time than it takes William to cut the lawn with a push mower. If they can cut the lawn in 8 hours working together find how long to the nearest tenth of an hour it takes for William to cut the lawn alone.
Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Lawn Per Hour:
Shelly,
William,
Combined,
--

~~x=1.7538, or,~~

Nearest tenth of an hour:
18 hours 12 minutes
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