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Given information

Given that, a landscaping company is hired to mow the grass for several large properties. The total area of the properties combined is 1,345 acres. The rate at which one person can mow is as follows: ŷ = 1350 – 1.2x where x is the number of hours and ŷ represents the number of acres left to mow. 

Then we have to calculate the number of hours will it take to mow all of the lawns. (When is ŷ = 0)

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.
It is given that 
 
Then to calculate the number of hours will it take to mow all of the lawns, we have to put ŷ = 0 in the given equation. We get, 
 

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