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3rd robot = 1+ 1/2 = 40 min
4th robot = 1+ 1/2+ 1/2 = 30 min
5th robot = 1+1/2+1/2+1/2 = 24 min.

initially 2 robots are present. thus total is 94.
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2 robots are already there..
3rd in 40 mins
4th in 30 mins
5th in 24 mins

Total = 94 mins
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One robot builds a robot in 1 hour, another one builds a robot in 2 hours. The 2 robots work together and when a new robot is complete, it joins the others, working at a constant rate of one robot in 2 hours. How much time will it take until there are 5 robots altogether, if the robots build only one robot at a time?

A. 70 min
B. 94 min
C. 110 min
D. 112 min
E. 120 min

The rate of the first robot is 1 and the rate of the second robot is 1/2. Thus it will take both of them 1/(1 + 1/2) = 1/(3/2) = 2/3 hour = 40 minutes to build a new robot.

Now we have 3 robots. Since the rate of this new robot (or any new robot) is 1/2, it will take the three of them 1/(1 + 1/2 + 1/2) = 1/2 hour = 30 minutes to build a new robot.

Now we have 4 robots and it will take the four of them 1/(1 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2) = 1/(5/2) = 2/5 hour = 24 minutes to build a new robot.

Since now we have 5 robots, we see that it takes 40 + 30 + 24 = 94 minutes to have 5 (2 existing and 3 built) robots.

Answer: B
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Lets use the letters A-E to denote the 5 robots:

Rate of Robot A: 1
Rate of Robot A+B = 1 + 1/2 = 3/2
Time to build robot C = 2/3 (inverse of rate) = 40 minutes

Rate of Robot A+B+C = 3/2 + 1/2 = 4/2
Time to build robot D = 2/4 = 30 minutes

Rate of Robot A+B+C+D = 3/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 = 5/2
Time to build robot E = 2/5 = 24 minutes

40 minutes + 30 minutes + 24 minutes = 94 minutes.

Answer is B.
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The question can be made clearer if you add the information that every robot that is produced will work with the others (here it looks like only the second robot is actually joining , the rest is not )
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Since the robots can build 1 robot a time let work at any time be 1 unit.

Rate of 1st robot will be 1 and rate of second robot will be 0.5.
They will take 1/1.5 min to make one robot or 2/3 hour or 40 min

3rd robot is made. All 3-start making the 4th robot rate of 4th robot will be 0.5 as given in information.
Rate = 1+0.5+0.5 = 2. Time taken = 1/2 or 30 min

4th Robot is finally made and all 4 combined together make the 5th robot.
Rate= 1+ 3*0.5 =2.5 Time taken = 1/2.5 =2/5 = 24

Adding all the above time we get, 40+40+24 = 94 mib. Hence, B.
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