Hello Anons. I think I found an interesting paradox in a question.
>Martha can paint a room in 2 hours.
>Jamie can paint the same room in 6 hours. >How long would it take them to paint the same room together?
My thinking is that it would have to be less than 2 hours since Martha will paint the whole room by then. But then I figured that within an hour, Martha will have painted 1/2 and Jamie 1/6th. So I used the equation 1/2 - 1/6 to get .3 repeating. Then I added 6 hours to 2 hours to get 8 hours, and multiplied it by .3 repeating. My result was 2.66664. But this cannot be, because by then, Martha would be finished. What mistake did I make? Or is this correct, and we're just supposed to ignore the paradox?
>Martha can paint a room in 2 hours.
>Jamie can paint the same room in 6 hours. >How long would it take them to paint the same room together?
My thinking is that it would have to be less than 2 hours since Martha will paint the whole room by then. But then I figured that within an hour, Martha will have painted 1/2 and Jamie 1/6th. So I used the equation 1/2 - 1/6 to get .3 repeating. Then I added 6 hours to 2 hours to get 8 hours, and multiplied it by .3 repeating. My result was 2.66664. But this cannot be, because by then, Martha would be finished. What mistake did I make? Or is this correct, and we're just supposed to ignore the paradox?
