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# Over the course of a year, a certain microbrewery increased its beer

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Tough and Tricky questions: Percents.

Over the course of a year, a certain microbrewery increased its beer output by 70 percent. At the same time, it decreased its total working hours by 20 percent. By what percent did this factory increase its output per hour?

A) 50%
B) 90%
C) 112.5%
D) 210%
E) 212.5%

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Beware of this question's wording...

Let's take the original output to be 100 and the new output to be 170% or 170.
Let's take the original work hours to be 100 hours and the new work hours to be 80% or 80 hours.

The old output per work hour = 100/100 hours or 1.
The new output per work hour = 170/80 or 2.125. So the resulting increase is actually new minus old or 1.125 or 112.5%. Choice C
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Time ........................... Rate .................. Work Done

100 ............................. 1 ............................. 100 (Assumption/ Original Values)

80 ......................... $$\frac{170}{80}$$ ........................ 170 (Output increase by 70%)
(Time decrease by 20%)

Per cent increase in rate $$= (\frac{17}{8} - 1) * 100 = \frac{9}{8} * 100 = 112.5%$$
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27 Nov 2017, 19:07
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Over the course of a year, a certain microbrewery increased its beer output by 70 percent. At the same time, it decreased its total working hours by 20 percent. By what percent did this factory increase its output per hour?

A) 50%
B) 90%
C) 112.5%
D) 210%
E) 212.5%

We can let the old output per hour = m, the working hours = w, and n = the percentage increase in output per hour. Thus:

1.7mw = (0.8w)(m)(100 + n/100)

17/10 = (4/5)(100 + n)/100

170 = (4/5)(100 + n)

850 = 400 + 4n

450 = 4n

112.5 = n

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Let’s assume that the original output was 100 bottles in 50 hours. This would yield an output of 100 bottles/50 hours = 2 bottles/hour.
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At the end of the year, the number of bottles was increased by 70%, which is 70 bottles, so the new output is 170 bottles. The total time was decreased by 20%, so the new time is 40 hours. Thus, the new output is 170 bottles/40 hours = 4.25 bottles/hour.

Using the formula percent increase = (new – old)/old x 100%, we have:

(4.25 – 2)/2 x 100% = 2.25/2 x 100% = 112.5%

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30 Nov 2017, 10:54
Bunuel wrote:

Tough and Tricky questions: Percents.

Over the course of a year, a certain microbrewery increased its beer output by 70 percent. At the same time, it decreased its total working hours by 20 percent. By what percent did this factory increase its output per hour?

A) 50%
B) 90%
C) 112.5%
D) 210%
E) 212.5%

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Above poster is right; wording can be tricky. I finally just wrote out the equation.

Output per hour =$$\frac{TotalOutput}{TotalHours}$$

Let original total output = 100
Let original total hours = 10
Original output per hour: $$\frac{100}{10}= 10$$

Total output increases by 70%; new output = 170
Total hours decrease by 20 percent; new hrs = 8
New output per hour: $$\frac{170}{8} = 21.25$$

Percent increase:
$$\frac{Old-New}{Old} * 100 =$$

$$\frac{(21.25-10)}{10} * 100 =$$

$$(\frac{11.25}{10}=1.125 * 100= 112.5$$ percent

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Bunuel wrote:

Tough and Tricky questions: Percents.

Over the course of a year, a certain microbrewery increased its beer output by 70 percent. At the same time, it decreased its total working hours by 20 percent. By what percent did this factory increase its output per hour?

A) 50%
B) 90%
C) 112.5%
D) 210%
E) 212.5%

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Initial output per hour $$= \frac{N}{H}$$

New Output = N + 70% of N = 1.7N

New Time = H - 20% of H = 0.8H

New output per hour $$= \frac{1.7N}{0.8H} = \frac{17N}{8H}$$

Percent increase in output per hour $$=(\frac{17}{8} - 1) * 100 = \frac{9}{8} * 100 = 9 * 12.5 = 112.5%$$

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