document.write( "Question 42722: Winston works faster. Winston can mow his dad’s lawn in 1 hour less than it takes his brother Willie. If they take 2 hours to mow it when working together, then how long would it take Winston working alone? \n" ); document.write( "

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Let x= Amount it takes Willie to mow lawn.
\n" ); document.write( "Let x-1= Amount of time it takes Winston to mow lawn.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Now it says that if they both do the lawn, it takes 2 hours, so we add both of the times and have them equal 2 hours. \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " $\"x%2Bx-1=2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2x-1%2B1=2%2B1\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"2x%2F2=3%2F2\"$
\n" ); document.write( " $\"x=1.5\"$ \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "But remember, x equals the amount it takes willie to mow the lawn, so to get winstons time, we subtract one hour. We are then left with .5, or a half hour.It takes winston a half hour to mow his dad's lawn if he's working by himself. \n" ); document.write( "

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