SOLUTION: 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 1
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Question 548243: 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? Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! 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?
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Let t = your mowing time
then
(t-2) = neighbor's mowing time
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Let the completed job = 1
: + = 1
multiply by 40 to clear the denominators, results:
5t + 4(t-2) = 40
5t + 4t - 8 = 40
9t = 40 + 8
9t = 48
t = 48/9
t = 5 hrs or 5 hrs 20 min, working together
You would finish at: 8:00 + 5:20 = 1:20 PM
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See if this checks out + =
.67 + .33 = 1
