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 22 Aug 2004, 03:18
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Running at their respective constant rates, machine X takes 2 days longer to produce w widgets than machine Y.
At these rates, if the two machines together produce 5/4 w widgets in 3 days, how many days would it take machine X alone to produce 2w widgets?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
E. 12
please explain, thank you
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I got B.
If the two machines together produce 5/4 w widgets in 3 days,
They will complete w widgets together in 3*4/5 = 12/5 days.
Let t be the time it takes machine Y to complete the job alone.
t+2 is the time it takes machine X to complete the job alone.
[(12/5) / t] + [(12/5) / (t+2] = 1
t=4 -> t+2 =6.
It took me more than 2 minutes.
I hope there is a simpler solution.
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Dear buddy,
The OA is (E)
Two machines togerther produce 5/4w widgets in 3 days; together they produce w widgets in 12/5 days.
And, if we set the finished days of Y alone as N days, the finished days of Y alone are N+2 days.
So, 1/N + 1/(N+2) = 5/12 from this equation, we can acquire N = 4
Hence, machine X alone takes N+2 = 6 days to produce w widgets; that is, it takes 12 days to produce 2w widgets.
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Thanks, i didn't read it well enough.
Those traps get me all the time!
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