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Four production lines at a certain factory produced microchips. 11 Nov 2023, 07:53
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Four production lines at a certain factory produced microchips. The number of days that the four production lines produced the microchips was in the ratio of 1 to 2 to 4 to 5. If one of the four production lines produced the microchips for 20 days, which of the following CANNOT be the total number of days that the four production lines produced the microchips?

(A) 48
(B) 60
(C) 100
(D) 120
(E) 240
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Four production lines at a certain factory produced microchips. 13 Nov 2023, 20:47
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Four production lines at a certain factory produced microchips. The number of days that the four production lines produced the microchips was in the ratio of 1 to 2 to 4 to 5. If one of the four production lines produced the microchips for 20 days, which of the following CANNOT be the total number of days that the four production lines produced the microchips?

(A) 48
(B) 60
(C) 100
(D) 120
(E) 240
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Four production lines at a certain factory produced microchips. 12 Dec 2023, 09:29
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1:2:4:5 = 12 days

looking at the options
all options except c is a multiple of 12.
so c.
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