SOLUTION: a mother takes 64 minutes to mow a lawn when she works along using a gas mower. her daughter takes three times as long using a reel mower. how long would it take them to mow the la
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Question 228290: a mother takes 64 minutes to mow a lawn when she works along using a gas mower. her daughter takes three times as long using a reel mower. how long would it take them to mow the lawn together?
Answer by checkley77(12844) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
64(3*64)/64+(3*64)
64*192/(64+192)
12,288/256=48 minutes to mow the lawn when they work together.
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