EXPLANATION
IQ4. If 5 men manufacture 27 baskets in an hour, how many baskets would 15 men manufacture in 40 minutes?
a. 35
b. 27
c. 54
d. 62
ANSWER: c) 54
EXPLANATION:
5 men can manufacture 27 baskets in 60 minutes.
1 man can manufacture 27/5 = 5.4 baskets in 60 minutes.
15 men can manufacture 5.4 * 15 = 81 baskets in 60 minutes.
In 40 minutes, 15 men can manufacture 81/60 * 40 = 54 baskets.
Here are the steps on how I arrived at the answer:
- I first converted the time from 40 minutes to 2/3 of an hour.
- I then used the fact that 5 men can manufacture 27 baskets in 60 minutes to find the number of baskets that 1 man can manufacture in 60 minutes.
- I multiplied the number of baskets that 1 man can manufacture in 60 minutes by the number of men to find the number of baskets that 15 men can manufacture in 60 minutes.
- I then multiplied the number of baskets that 15 men can manufacture in 60 minutes by the fraction of an hour that 40 minutes is to find the number of baskets that 15 men can manufacture in 40 minutes.
