SOLUTION: Sorry to bother you but I cant seem to understand how I am suppose to solve this problem. Mr. Berg who works twice as fast as Mr. Slocum, received an hourly rate of pay 1 and 1/2 t

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Question 50121: Sorry to bother you but I cant seem to understand how I am suppose to solve this problem. Mr. Berg who works twice as fast as Mr. Slocum, received an hourly rate of pay 1 and 1/2 times as much as Mr.Slocum. An efficieny expert calculates that an article produced by Mr. Berg has a labor cost of 12 cents. What is the labor cost, in cents of an article produced by Mr. Slocum?
I got the fact that B=3/2S and that B=1/2S but i dont noe how to use that to find out the labor cost. please help. thank you
Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Assume Berg took one hour to produce his article and he received 12 cents for his effort.
Solocum would have taken twice as long or two hours but his rate of pay would
have been 2/3 of Berg's per hour.
Berg got 12 cents/hr
Slocum would get 8 cents per hour.
But he would work for two hours.
Slocum's labor cost would be 16 cents for the same amount of work.
Cheers,
Stan H.