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Two mowers sharing one lawn

Question

One gardener mows a lawn alone in 6060 minutes; a slower one needs 7575 minutes. Working together on the same lawn, how many minutes do they take?

Short answer

100/3≈33.3100/3\approx33.3 minutes. Their rates add: 160+175=9300=3100\tfrac1{60}+\tfrac1{75}=\tfrac{9}{300}=\tfrac{3}{100} lawn per minute, so one lawn takes 1003\tfrac{100}{3} minutes.

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