Posted by bill on Monday, November 14, 2011 at 12:38pm.
Mary's rate = lawn/3
Sally's rate = lawn/5
combined rate = lawn/3 + lawn/5
= 8lawn/15
time = lawn/(8lawn/15) = 15/8 or 1.875 hrs = 1 hour and about 53 minutes
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