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04 Jul 2015, 22:07
In 8 hours, first machine will seal k cartons and second machine, the faster one, will seal 2k cartons.
Total work done = 3k
2k/3k = 66 2/3%, so D
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Working alone at its own constant rate, a machine seals k cartoons in 8 hours, and working at its own constant rate a second machine seals k cartoons in 4 hours. if 2 machines each working at its own constant rate and for the same period of time together sealed a certain no of cartoons. what percentage of the cartoons were sealed by the machine working at the faster rate?

A. 25%
B. 33 1/3%
C. 50%
D. 66 2/3%
E. 75%

Rate A = $$\frac{1}{8}$$, Rate B =$$\frac{1}{4}$$ --> $$\frac{Rate A}{Rate B}=\frac{1}{8}*\frac{4}{1} = \frac{1}{2}$$ So the faster rate has 2 of 3 --> 66 2/3% Answer D
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Working alone at its own constant rate, a machine seals k cartons in 8 hours, and working alone at its own constant rate, a second machine seals k cartons in 4 hours. If the two machines, each working at its own constant rate and for the same period of time, together sealed a certain number of cartons, what percent of the cartons were sealed by the machine working at the faster rate?

A. $$25%$$

B. $$33\frac{1}{3}%$$

C. $$50%$$

D. $$66\frac{2}{3}%$$

E. $$75%$$

Since the second machine can seal k cartons in 4 hours, it can seal 2k cartons in 8 hours, whereas the first machine can seal only k cartons in 8 hours. So the second machine is twice as fast as the first machine and thus it will seal twice as many cartons as the the first machine. Therefore, when working together, the second machine (the faster machine) will finish ⅔ or 66⅔% of the work whereas the first machine (the slower machine) will finish ⅓ or 33⅓% of the work.

Alternate Solution:

In 8 hours, the slower machine will seal k cartons, and the faster machine will seal 2k cartons. In total, k + 2k = 3k cartons will be sealed, and, of these cartons, the faster machine will seal 2k/3k = 2/3 = 66 ⅔% of them.

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30 May 2018, 13:25
Bunuel wrote:
anilnandyala wrote:
working alone at its own constant rate, a machine seals k cartoons in 8 hours, and working at its own constant rate a second machine seals k cartoons in 4 hours. if 2 machines each working at its own constant rate and for the same period of time together sealed a certain no of cartoons. what percentage of the cartoons were sealed by the machine working at the faster rate?
a 25%
b 33 1/3%
c 50%
d 66 2/3%
e 75%

As second one works twice as fast as the first, working together second will do 2/3 of work and the first 1/3 of work (their ratio 1/2).

Bunuel the question itself confused me --- >

what percent of the cartons were sealed by the machine working at the faster rate?

what does it mean at faster rate ? I know there rates are 1/8 and 1/4 ….but at faster rate … what it means???
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26 Nov 2018, 03:55
I read 66 2/3 as a mixed number while here it means 66 or 2/3??

Because 66 2/3 means 99%
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26 Nov 2018, 10:52
Hi oblivion441,

The prompt asks us "what PERCENT of the cartons were sealed by the machine working at the faster rate?" The five answer choices are all 'percents' - listed in increasing order (Answer A is 25% - the smallest answer, Answer E is 75% - the largest answer). Thus, Answer B should be interpreted as '33 and 1/3 percent' and Answer D should be interpreted as '66 and 2/3 percent.'

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26 Nov 2018, 11:18
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Hi oblivion441,

The prompt asks us "what PERCENT of the cartons were sealed by the machine working at the faster rate?" The five answer choices are all 'percents' - listed in increasing order (Answer A is 25% - the smallest answer, Answer E is 75% - the largest answer). Thus, Answer B should be interpreted as '33 and 1/3 percent' and Answer D should be interpreted as '66 and 2/3 percent.'

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Thank you.

Even thought I understand how it should be interpreted, I disagree with the way in which it is written. 66 2/3 is written as a mixed number. There should be the conjunction AND whereas the answer can be misinterpreted. Plus, I have already encountered some problems with percents written as mixed numbers.
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