The Lazy Gardener Puzzle - Solution

This is the solution to the Lazy Gardener Puzzle

The Puzzle

It takes two gardeners 8 days to mow a lawn.

One is lazy and one is energetic.

The energetic one would only take 12 days to mow it on their own.

How many days would the lazy gardener take to mow the lawn on their own?

The Solution

• The energetic gardener would be able to mow the lawn in 12 days
• So in 8 days they would be able to mow 8/12 of the lawn

This leaves 4/12 of the lawn left for the lazy gardener to mow. They take the full 8 days to do this so they mow only half as fast as the energetic one.

Twice as long as the energetic one.