document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=548243>Question 548243</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Suppose I can mow the lawn at the park by my house in 8 hours. It takes my neighbor 10 hours to mow he same lawn. If I started mowing at 8am, then he came and began helping me at 10am, what time would we finish mowing the lawn? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( " It takes my neighbor 10 hours to mow he same lawn. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "If I started mowing at 8am, then he came and began helping me at 10am, what time would we finish mowing the lawn?<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let t = your mowing time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "(t-2) = neighbor's mowing time<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let the completed job = 1<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=t%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"t%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%28t-2%29%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%28t-2%29%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = 1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "multiply by 40 to clear the denominators, results:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5t + 4(t-2) = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5t + 4t - 8 = 40<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9t = 40 + 8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9t = 48<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 48/9<BR>\n" );
document.write( "t = 5<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > hrs or 5 hrs 20 min, working together<BR>\n" );
document.write( "You would finish at: 8:00 + 5:20 = 1:20 PM<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "See if this checks out<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=5.33%2F8 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"5.33%2F8\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > + <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283.33%29%2F10 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283.33%29%2F10\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > = <BR>\n" );
document.write( ".67 + .33 = 1 </SPAN>\n" );
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