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Answer: 22\frac29 minutes
Scaling up to more elephants
Mary: 50 minutes 1 elephant 200 minutes 4 elephants
Nigel: 40 minutes 1 elephant 200 minutes 5 elephants
Together: 200 minutes 9 elephants
200\div9 minutes 1 elephant
200\div9 = 22\frac29
Seeing how much of the elephant is clean after 10 minutes (or 5, or 20, etc)
Mary: 50 minutes 1 elephant 10 minutes \frac15 elephant
Nigel: 40 minutes 1 elephant 10 minutes \frac14 elephant
Together: 10 minutes \frac15+\frac14=\frac9{20} elephant
10\div9 minutes \frac1{20} elephant
200\div9 minutes 1 elephant
200\div9 = 22\frac29
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