sandranjeim wrote:
To fill an order, a manufacturer had to produce 1000 tools per day for n days. what is the value of n?
(1) Because of production problems, the manufacturer produced only 600 tools per day during the first 5 days
(2) Because of production problems, the manufacturer had to produce 1,500 tools per day on each of the last 4 days in order to meet the schedule
Stimulus
The toal production is 1000* n
The first 5 days is pretty explanatory.
The language of statement 2 makes it a weird question.
The manufacturer had to produce 1,500 tools per day on each of the last 4 days in order to meet the schedule.
Now we don't know what the schedule is? Does he have to complete production of the tools on 9 days, 10 days , 11 days.
We don't know how many tools he has to make.
May be he has to make 18,000 tools then n will be 18. In first 5 days he will have delay . then the next 9 days he will have some other rate of production and the last 4 days 1500 tools per day.
May be he has to make 9000 tolls then n will be 9
pffff..... Kind of a weird question in my opinion