SOLUTION: 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?
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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? Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! They work together for 2 hrs
How much of the lawn do they mow working together?
Add their rates of mowing
Ted's rate:
( 1 lawn / 5 hrs )
Eliot's rate:
( 1 lawn / 8 hrs )
Mowing together:
( some part of the lawn / 2 hrs )
Multiply both sides by
There is of the lawn left
to be mowed by Eliot alone
If he can mow ( 1 lawn / 8 hrs ),
he can mow of a lawn in hrs
So, the whole lawn got mowed in hrs
