SOLUTION: Mary can mow a lawn in 4 hours and Tom can mow the lawn in 5 hours. If Tom works for 2 hours alone, what fractional part of the lawn remains to be mowed?
Answer: 3/5 (How?)
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Answer: 3/5 (How?)
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Question 1031001: Mary can mow a lawn in 4 hours and Tom can mow the lawn in 5 hours. If Tom works for 2 hours alone, what fractional part of the lawn remains to be mowed?
Answer: 3/5 (How?) Answer by fractalier(6550) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! If it takes you 5 hours to do a task and you work for 2 hours, have you not completed 2/5 of the task?
That means 3/5 remains. (as in 1 task - 2/5 task = 3/5 task)
