document.write( "Question 50120: Hi. Mr. Stanley moved 3/4 of the lawn in 1 and 1/4 hours. Mr. Samuels, who work twice as fast, finished mowing the lawn. How many minutes did Mr. Samuels work?
\n" ); document.write( "I got the answer 50 minutes but the book said that the answer was 12 and 1/2 minutes. Am I correct? And if not, can you please show me how to get the correct answer? Thank you \n" ); document.write( "
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Mr. Stanley moved 3/4 of the lawn in 1 and 1/4 hours. Mr. Samuels, who work twice as fast, finished mowing the lawn. How many minutes did Mr. Samuels work?
\n" ); document.write( "I got the answer 50 minutes but the book said that the answer was 12 and 1/2 minutes
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\n" ); document.write( "Stanley's rate is [3/4 job]/[5/4 hr]= (3/5) job/hr.
\n" ); document.write( "Samuels rate is twice that or (6/5)job/hr.
\n" ); document.write( "EQUATION:
\n" ); document.write( "Samual has to do 1/4 of the job in x hours at a rate of 6/5 job/hr
\n" ); document.write( "(rate)*(time) = job done
\n" ); document.write( "(6/5)x = 1/4
\n" ); document.write( "x=5/24 hrs.
\n" ); document.write( "x=(5/24)(60 minutes) = 12.5 minutes.\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Cheers,
\n" ); document.write( "Stan H. \n" ); document.write( "
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