Loc and Reza together will finish the entire mowing process on the lawn at 1:14 p.m.
<h2>Calculation of total mowing time taken</h2>
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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