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document.write( "Twin brothers, Andy and Brian, can mow their grandparent's lawn together in
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document.write( "60 minutes. Brian could mow the lawn by himself in 22 minutes more than it would take Andy. How long would it take each person to mow the lawn alone?\r
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Algebra.Com's Answer #756591 by mananth(16946)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! Twin brothers, Andy and Brian, can mow their grandparent's lawn together in \n" ); document.write( "60 minutes. Brian could mow the lawn by himself in 22 minutes more than it would take Andy. How long would it take each person to mow the lawn alone?\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " Andy and Brian, can mow lawn together in 60 minutes. \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "They mow 1/60 of the job in 1 minute\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Let andy take x minutes to mow the lawn alone \n" ); document.write( "Andy does 1/x of the job in 1 minute\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Brian will take x+22 minutes to mow the lawn alone \n" ); document.write( "Brian will do 1/(x+22) of the job in 1 minute\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "120x + 1320 = x^2 + 22x\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x^2 -98x-1320 =0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "x2 - 98x - 1320 = 0\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Roots: 110, -12 \n" ); document.write( "Ignore negative value \n" ); document.write( "x= 110 minutes--------Andy's time alone\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Add 22 to Andy's time to get Brian's time\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |