document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=438217>Question 438217</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jack usually mows his lawn in 5 hours. Marilyn can mow the same yard in 6 hours. How much time would it take for them to mow the lawn together? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "This we can write as:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "1/5 + 1/6 = 1/x<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Multiply by 30x to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6x+5x=30<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Combine terms and divide by 11 to get:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x=30/11 or 2 8/11 hours<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Make sense?<BR>\n" );
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