document.write( "Question 1015847: Juan can mow a lawn with a hand mower in 4 hours. His friend Pedro can mow the same lawn with his power mower in 3 hours.How long will it take the two men to mow the lawn if they work together maintaining their own pace?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #632269 by FrankM(1040)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Keep in mind, there are multiple ways to solve this. Mine is just one method I find easy to explain, and repeatable for students. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Juan can mow .25 lawns per hour. \n" ); document.write( "Pedro can mow 1/3 lawns per hour. \r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Together they mow 7/12 lawns per hour so it will take 12/7 hours or 1 hour, 42.86 minutes per whole lawn. \n" ); document.write( " |