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To make a contractual obligation, a company must make 90 units of a product in 7 days. Each employee, working at a constant rate, makes 2 units per day. In the final 2 days, 60 units remain to be made, so the company immediately hires a additional people, each of whom works at the same constant rate of r units per day. With the additional workers, the company meets its goal.
If a < r, select the values of a and r that are jointly consistent with the given information. Make only two selections, one in each column.
Solution:
As we know, a company must produce 90 units in 7 days. Each employee, working at a constant rate, produces 2 units per day, and 60 units remain within the final 2 days. Let's assume the total number of initial employees as x.
So, we set up an equation as 2x.
No. of units already produced = 90-60 = 30 units
30 units produced in 7- 2 = 5 days
To find the initial no. of employees we set up an equation as work = rate * time----> 30 = 2x * 5 = 3.
Now, to calculate the units made in 2 days we will set up the equation as
2 days (2*3 + ar) = 60 units, we will get a* r = 24. And as we know a < r and the only value that matches up for a = 4 and r = 6.