Problema Solution

Jack usually mows his lawn in 5 hours. Marilyn can mow the same yard in 2 hours. How mch time would it take for them to mow the lawn together?

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let 'x' represent the amount of time it takes to mow the lawn together:

1/x = 1/5 + 1/2

click here to solve for x

x=1.42857

So it would take approximately 1.4 hours to mow the lawn together, roughly the same as 1 1/2 hours.