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Machine X takes 20 hours longer than machine Y to produce 10 [#permalink]  02 Mar 2011, 14:23
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Machine X takes 20 hours longer than machine Y to produce 1080 Widgets. Machine Y produces 20 percent more widgets in an hour than machine x does in an hour. How many widgets per hour does machine X produce

A. 100
B. 65
C. 25
D. 11
E. 9
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Re: Word problem [#permalink]  02 Mar 2011, 15:02
Machine X rate : x wid / hr
Machine Y rate : y wid / hr
Given y = 1.2 x --------(1)

1080 / x - 1080 / y = 20 ----(2)
1) + 2)
Solving get x = 9 wid / hr

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Machine X takes 20 hours longer than machine Y to produce 1080 Widgets.
Machine Y produces 20 percent more widgets in an hour than machine x does in an hour. How many widgets per hour does machine X produce

100

65

25

11

9
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Re: Word problem [#permalink]  02 Mar 2011, 15:05
Back solving -
Equation (2) reduces to 54/x - 54/y = 1. Hence x should be a factor of 54. E it is.
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Re: Word problem [#permalink]  03 Mar 2011, 18:22
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rxs0005 wrote:
Machine X takes 20 hours longer than machine Y to produce 1080 Widgets.
Machine Y produces 20 percent more widgets in an hour than machine x does in an hour. How many widgets per hour does machine X produce

100

65

25

11

9

Another approach:Use Ratios

Machine Y produces 20% more widgets so its speed is 6/5 of X.
Speed of X: Speed of Y = 5:6
Time taken by X: Time taken by Y = 6:5 (if amount of work is kept constant, time will be inversely proportional to speed)
This difference of 1 in their time accounts for 20 hrs.
Hence X takes 6*20 = 120 hrs to produce 1080 widgets. In 1 hour, it produces 1080/120 = 9 widgets.
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Re: Word problem [#permalink]  05 Mar 2011, 23:45
VeritasPrepKarishma wrote:
Another approach:Use Ratios

Machine Y produces 20% more widgets so its speed is 6/5 of X.
Speed of X: Speed of Y = 5:6
Time taken by X: Time taken by Y = 6:5 (if amount of work is kept constant, time will be inversely proportional to speed)
This difference of 1 in their time accounts for 20 hrs.
Hence X takes 6*20 = 120 hrs to produce 1080 widgets. In 1 hour, it produces 1080/120 = 9 widgets.

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Re: Word problem [#permalink]  03 Dec 2012, 01:25
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Rate of X = \frac{1080}{y+20}=w
Rate of Y = \frac{1080}{y}=1.2w

Combine:
\frac{1080}{y+20}(1.2) = \frac{1080}{y}
y+20=1.2y==>.2y=20==>y=100

\frac{1080}{100+20}=\frac{1080}{120}=9

9 widgets in 1 hour.
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