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Maths Puzzle
At a certain factory, each employee working the second shift produced 2/3 as many widgets as each employee working the first shift. If the first shift has 3/4 as many employees, what fraction of the total widgets did the second shift produce?
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- Say there were 3 workers on the first shift who each produced 3 widgets, or 9 in total.
And, there are 4 workers on the second shift who each produced 2 widgets or 8.
The second shift produced 8 of 17, - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(2) No(0)
- 1st shift 2/3= 2*3=6 widgets
2nd shift 3/4= 3*4=12 widgets
total=18
ratio= 12/18
=2/3 is the ans. - 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(3)
- ans is 3/5.
according to question- B produces widgets= 2/3A.... so b=(2/3)a
so now we are asked fraction of B in total
so it is b/(a+b),,, so substitute value of b
in ths
we get 3/5..
- 12 years agoHelpfull: Yes(0) No(1)
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