SOLUTION: If two people working for two hours can produce 50 jars of tomatoes, how many jars of tomatoes can be produced by six people working for five hours?

Question 893324: If two people working for two hours can produce 50 jars of tomatoes, how many jars of tomatoes can be produced by six people working for five hours?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39630) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Uniform rates for job or task completion, RT=J; rate time job.
Let r = one-person work rate, JOBS per HOUR.

, now the one-person rate is known.

If n=6 (how many people work together), time is 5 hours, how many jars done?

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