document.write( "Question 363071: Jack mows his lawn in 5hrs and Marilyn mows the same lawn in 6hrs how much time would it take if they did it together.Shelly \n" ); document.write( "

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document.write( "Let x represent the time it would take them to mow that lawn together 
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document.write( "   Letting \"per hour\" be the equalizer\r
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document.write( "Multiplying each term on both sides of the equation by 30x in order for all denominators to = 1
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document.write( "6x + 5x = 30
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document.write( "11x = 30
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document.write( "x = 2.727 hrs together \n" );
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