Answer:
20 minutes
Step-by-step explanation:
Melissa works as fast as two Bettys, so working together, they get the job done at the rate 3 Bettys could do it. That time is (60 minutes)/3 = 20 minutes.
Working together, Betty and Melissa can mow the lawn in 20 minutes.
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You can also think in terms of mowing rates as lawns per minute. The total mowing rate is ...
Betty's rate + Melissa's rate = (1/60 lawns/min) +(1/30 lawns/min)
= (1/60 +2/60) lawns/min = 1/20 lawns/min
The inverse rate is then ...
20/1 min/lawn
Together, they take 20 minutes to mow 1 lawn.
