Loc can mow his entire lawn in 20 minutes; Loc's roommate Reza needs 30 minutes to mow the entire lawn. If Loc starts mowing at 1:00, mows for five minutes and then Reza starts to help with his own mower, at what time will they finish mowing the lawn

Respuesta :

Loc and Reza together will finish the entire mowing process on the lawn at 1:14 p.m.

Calculation of total mowing time taken

Loc mow the total area in 20 mins.

So, his pace is 1 lawn / 20 minutes or 1/20th of a lawn each minute.

Reza's pace is 1 lawn / 30 minutes, or 1/30th of a lawn each minute because he can mow the grass in that amount of time.

Reza joins Loc after he has been mowing for 5 minutes. He can mow 1/20th of the grass in these 5 minutes, which is 5/20th of the lawn =1/4th lawn

There is currently just

1-1/4=3/4 of the lawn left to complete.

We may construct the following equation by assuming that they mow together for x mins:

1/20x + 1/30x = 3/4 [amount done by Loc + Reza = total amount]

⇒(3x+2x)/60x = 3/4

⇒5x/60 = 3/4

⇒x/12= 3/4

⇒4x=36

x= 9 mins

So, when they collaborate, they can complete the lawn in 9 minutes.

Hence, Loc mows alone for 9+5 mins = 14 mins

Therefore, it is concluded that starting at 1 p.m they finish the mowing at 1:14 p.m.

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