Asked by jk

Max can mow a lawn in 45 minutes. Jan takes twice as long to mow the same lawn. If they work together, the situation can be modeled by the following equation, where t is the number of minutes it would take to mow the lawn together.

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How long will it take Maxine and Jan to mow the lawn together?
30.0 minutes
45.0 minutes
67.5 minutes
135.0 minutes

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Max's rate = 1/45 lawn/min, Jan's rate = 1/90 lawn/min. Together: 1/45 + 1/90 = (2+1)/90 = 3/90 = 1/30. So t = 30 minutes.

Answer: 30.0 minutes.