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# Tom and Jerry are filling up 500 water balloons a piece. It takes Tom

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22 Jan 2019, 17:48
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Tom and Jerry are filling up 500 water balloons a piece. It takes Tom 2 hours longer than Jerry to fill up 500 water balloons. Jerry can fill 50% more water balloons per hour than Tom. How many water balloons per hour can Jerry fill?

a. 125

b. 150

c. 180

d. 200

e. 250
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Updated on: 27 Jan 2019, 20:40
Jazzmin wrote:
Tom and Jerry are filling up 500 water balloons a piece. It takes Tom 2 hours longer than Jerry to fill up 500 water balloons. Jerry can fill 50% more water balloons per hour than Tom. How many water balloons per hour can Jerry fill?

a. 125

b. 150

c. 180

d. 200

e. 250

Though i didn't get the answer at first, can someone validate this approach

Tom will take 2 hrs more than Jerry, Tom and Jerry are filling up 500 water balloons a piece, meaning they both will fill 500 balloons each

Jerry can fill 50% more water balloons per hour than Tom( difference between rate is given) -> This will mean that T was 10 balloons/hour Jerry would be 15 balloons/hour

Will just consider the options directly

Work = Rate * time

500/ time = Rate, Plug in values for hrs

a) Jerry = 125 balloons/hr, this means Tom would have been = 83.33 balloons/hr - > this is our Answer

Jerry can take x hours, then Tom will take x+2 hrs

J = 125 *4 = 500

T = 83.33 * 6 = 499.98

b. Jerry = 150, this means Tom would have been = 100 balloons/hr, difference in hours is less than 2
J = 150 * ~3.86 = 500 ( for this to exist, we have to ensure that it will give us a value of 500)

T = 100 * 5 = 500

c. Jerry = 180, this means Tom would have been = 120
here as well, when you compute the values, the difference in hours is less than 2

We can get the answer like this.
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27 Jan 2019, 20:16
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How do I do this using equations?
$$\frac{500}{x+2}=\frac{500}{x}$$
And J=1.5T

I went
$$\frac{500}{x+2}=\frac{500}{x}·\frac{1}{2}$$ etc which I think is wrong (I got the wrong answer anyway)
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27 Jan 2019, 21:00
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There is a formula for work done by two people

$$\frac{k_1*N_1*D_1*H_1*η}{W_1}$$ = $$\frac{k_2*N_2*D_2*H_2*η}{W_2}$$

W = work done
N = no. of men
D = no. of days
H = no. of hours per day
Ƞ = Efficency
k = constant of prop

W = 500 by both Tom and Jerry
N = 1
H = x+2 for Tom and x for Jerry
Ƞ = 1.5 for Jerry and 1 for Tom

Using these info we get,

$$\frac{(x+2)*1}{500}$$ = $$\frac{x*1.5}{500}$$

x+2 = 1.5x
0.5x = 2
x = 4
Jerry takes 4 hours, while Tom takes 6 hours.

Jerry in 1 hour can fill $$\frac{500}{4}$$ = 125 balloons.

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27 Jan 2019, 23:20
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Can you please show an example when the constant of proportionality is needed?
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28 Jan 2019, 00:24
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philipssonicare, I found this formula in CAT (Indian version of GMAT). But, I couldn't find any problem where constant of proportionality is used.
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28 Jan 2019, 10:21
J = Jerry's balloons/hr rate; J*2/3=Tom's balloons/hr rate

500/(J*2/3)=(500/J)+2=how many hours Tom needs for 500 balloons
solve for J:
500*3/2=500+2J
J=125
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