Problema Solution

Facts:

Joey can clean his room in 10 hours.

His mom can clean his room in 5 hours.

What time will Joey's room be clean if he starts cleaning at 1:00 and

his mom begins to help him at 2:00.

Answer provided by our tutors

in 1 hour the room complete by joey is 1/10

while in 1 hour his mom will complete1/5

now as joey cleans 1/10 of room in 1 hour and then his mother join

hence time required after mom join t

1/10+t*(1/5+1/10)=1

=> 3/10 t= 9/10

=>t= 3

hence total time is 3+1= 4hour