SOLUTION: Gideon can rake his lawn in 3 hours. His friend Katsuro can rake a lawn the same size in just 2 hours. Suppose they worked together to rake Gideon’s lawn. What rational equation
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Question 1155370: Gideon can rake his lawn in 3 hours. His friend Katsuro can rake a lawn the same size in just 2 hours. Suppose they worked together to rake Gideon’s lawn. What rational equation represents the information presented in this problem?
Answer by mananth(16946) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/3 +1/2 = 1/x
where they both take x hours to do the job together
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