Suppose that a lawn can be raked by one gardener in 3 hours and by a second
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Suppose that a lawn can be raked by one gardener in 3 hours and by a second gardener in 5 hours.
(a) Mentally estimate how long it will take the two gardeners to rake the lawn working together.
(b) Solve part (a) symbolically.
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