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Alice and Beth, each worked for 10 hrs on a certain day and produced
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02 Jan 2025, 05:25
02 Jan 2025, 05:25
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Alice and Beth, each worked for 10 hrs on a certain day and produced 5000 books. On the next day Alice worked for 5 hrs and Beth worked for 4hrs working at the same rates as the previous day.
Quantity A |
Quantity B |
Number of books produced by Alice and Beth on the second day |
4500 |
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Re: Alice and Beth, each worked for 10 hrs on a certain day and produced
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13 Jan 2025, 04:54
13 Jan 2025, 04:54
Can this be D, we don't know their respective rates here....
Alice and Beth, each worked for 10 hrs on a certain day and produced
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13 Jan 2025, 05:19
13 Jan 2025, 05:19
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We know that Alice \& Beth together worked for 10 hours to produce 5000 books.
The next day when Alice \& Beth worked for 5 hours and 4 hours respectively, their working hours is not even half the time they spent to produce 5000 books, so the number of books produced when Alice $\&$ Beth contributed 5 hours and 4 hours respectively, must be less than $\(\frac{1}{2}(5000)=2500\)$ (The number of hours and the work done are directly proportional when speed is constant).
Hence column A quantity must be less than the column $\(B\)$, so the answer is (B).
The next day when Alice \& Beth worked for 5 hours and 4 hours respectively, their working hours is not even half the time they spent to produce 5000 books, so the number of books produced when Alice $\&$ Beth contributed 5 hours and 4 hours respectively, must be less than $\(\frac{1}{2}(5000)=2500\)$ (The number of hours and the work done are directly proportional when speed is constant).
Hence column A quantity must be less than the column $\(B\)$, so the answer is (B).
