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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%
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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%

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).

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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%

or think of it this way:
First machine seals k cartons in 8 hours.
Second machine seals k cartons in 4 hours i.e. 2k cartons in 8 hours.

If they both are working for the same period of time i.e. 8 hours, they together seal 3k cartons. Faster machine (second one) seals 2k out of these 3k so it seals 2/3 = 66.66% of the total cartons.
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Step 3: Only 25% of the work is left. So the remaining work has to be divided between Machine 1 and Machine 2. As we know, Machine 2 can do the work twice as fast as Machine 1. For example, if Machine 1 can do 10% of the work, Machine 2 can do 20% of the work in the same time. So, together they will complete 30% of the work. So from this example, we can understand that any work can be divided into 3 parts, and if Machine 1 completes 1 part of the work, and Machine 2 completes 2 parts of the work in the same time, irrespective of the quantum of work. Now, the pending work is 25%. Let’s divide the work into 3 equal parts i.e. 8.33% per part. So, Machine 1 will complete 8.33% of the work whereas Machine 2 will complete 16.66% of the work, which is remaining. So the total work completed by Machine 1 = 25%+8.33% = 33.33% The total work completed by Machine 2 = 50% + 16.66% = 66.66% So, the answer is (D) We can apply Step 3 in Step 1 to get the solution faster, avoiding all the unnecessary calculations of Step 2 and Step 3. VP Status: There is always something new !! Affiliations: PMI,QAI Global,eXampleCG Joined: 08 May 2009 Posts: 1325 Re: working alone at its own constant rate [#permalink] ### Show Tags 23 May 2011, 21:34 1 This post received KUDOS if each one has worked for 8 hrs then number of cartoons = k + 2k = 3k. Mac B produces 2k of these. hence % = 2k/3k = 66.66% _________________ Visit -- http://www.sustainable-sphere.com/ Promote Green Business,Sustainable Living and Green Earth !! 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Together, if they complete a job, the second machine has worked twice as much as has the first machine. Thus, work done by second machine relative to the total work done is 2/3 => 66.67% Answer: D _________________ Consider KUDOS if you feel the effort's worth it GMAT Club Legend Joined: 09 Sep 2013 Posts: 16574 Re: Working alone at its own constant rate, a machine seals k [#permalink] ### Show Tags 18 Sep 2013, 18:07 Hello from the GMAT Club BumpBot! Thanks to another GMAT Club member, I have just discovered this valuable topic, yet it had no discussion for over a year. I am now bumping it up - doing my job. I think you may find it valuable (esp those replies with Kudos). Want to see all other topics I dig out? Follow me (click follow button on profile). 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Machine A seals 2 cartons Machine B seals 4 cartons Total = 6 cartons The question asks what ratio of the cartons the faster machine sealed. Machine B is the faster machine, and it sealed 4/6 of the cartons. 4/6 = 2/3 = 66 2/3% Final Answer: [Reveal] Spoiler: D GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made, Rich _________________ 760+: Learn What GMAT Assassins Do to Score at the Highest Levels Contact Rich at: Rich.C@empowergmat.com # Rich Cohen Co-Founder & GMAT Assassin # Special Offer: Save$75 + GMAT Club Tests

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Rate of Machine A $$= \frac{k}{8}$$

Rate of Machine B $$= \frac{k}{4}$$

Combined rate of A & B $$= \frac{k}{8} + \frac{k}{4} = \frac{3k}{8}$$

Say they work for 1 hour

Work done by faster machine (Machine B) $$= \frac{k}{4} * 1 = \frac{k}{4}$$

Combined work done in 1 hour $$= \frac{3k}{8} * 1 = \frac{3k}{8}$$

Percentage work of faster machine $$= \frac{\frac{k}{4}}{\frac{3k}{8}} * 100 = \frac{200}{3} = 66.66%$$

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I used the same aproach as Paresh. So, after finding the comdined rate as 3k/8, I assumed that they work for 1 hour. So, the individual work should be the same as the individual rates, i.e. k/8 for the slower one and k/4 for the faster one. It is then (k/4)/(3k/8).

What I didn't understand in the other approaches is why we used 8 hours as the amount of hours they worked for. I guess, we could also have chosen 4 hours or any other amount of hours?
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Hi pacifist85,

You are correct - we could use ANY number of hours when TESTing VALUES. However, since the prompt offers us two rates that are based on 8 hours of work and 4 hours of work, respectively, choosing 8 hours allows us to make the calculations as simple as possible. In many Quant questions on Test Day, the specific numbers that appear in the prompt (and in the Answer choices) can help you to make choices that will get you to the correct answer in the fastest/easiest way possible.

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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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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%

or think of it this way:
First machine seals k cartons in 8 hours.
Second machine seals k cartons in 4 hours i.e. 2k cartons in 8 hours.

If they both are working for the same period of time i.e. 8 hours, they together seal 3k cartons. Faster machine (second one) seals 2k out of these 3k so it seals 2/3 = 66.66% of the total cartons.

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