document.write( "Question 625109: Ted can mow a lawn in 5 hours while eliot can mow the same lawn in 8 hours. How long will it take them to mow the lawn if they work together, but ted only mows for 2 hours? \n" ); document.write( "
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They work together for 2 hrs
\n" ); document.write( "How much of the lawn do they mow working together?
\n" ); document.write( "Add their rates of mowing
\n" ); document.write( "Ted's rate:
\n" ); document.write( "( 1 lawn / 5 hrs )
\n" ); document.write( "Eliot's rate:
\n" ); document.write( "( 1 lawn / 8 hrs )
\n" ); document.write( "Mowing together:
\n" ); document.write( "( some part of the lawn / 2 hrs )
\n" ); document.write( "\"+1%2F5+%2B+1%2F8+=+x%2F2+\"
\n" ); document.write( "Multiply both sides by \"+40+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+8+%2B+5++=+20x+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+20x+=+13+\"
\n" ); document.write( "\"+x+=+13%2F20+\"
\n" ); document.write( "There is \"+1+-+13%2F20+=+7%2F20+\" of the lawn left
\n" ); document.write( "to be mowed by Eliot alone
\n" ); document.write( "If he can mow ( 1 lawn / 8 hrs ),
\n" ); document.write( "he can mow \"+7%2F20+\" of a lawn in \"+%287%2F20%29%2A8+=+2.8+\" hrs
\n" ); document.write( "So, the whole lawn got mowed in \"+2+%2B+2.8+=+4.8+\" hrs
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