If Jack can pick a raspberry patch in 6h and Jason can pick
If Jack can pick a raspberry patch in 6h and Jason can pick it in 8h, find how fast they can harvest the patch together.
Solution
Given that
Jack can pick a raspberry patch in 6h.
i.e Jack can pick a raspberry patch in 1h = 1/6
Jason can pick a raspberry patch in 8h
i.e Jason can pick a raspberry patch in 1h = 1/8
Jack and Jason harvest the patch together in 1h = (1/6 ) + (1/8)
= 7 / 24
Therefore,
Jack and Jason harvest the patch together = 24 / 7 h = 3.423 h
