document.write( "Question 327367: Five machines can produce 12 gallons of Glorious Goo in 10 days. How many days would it take 4 machines to produce 48 gallons?\r
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If 5 machines produce 12 gallons in 10 days, then it would take 5 machines to produce 24 gallons in 20 days, 36 gallons in 30 days, 48 gallons in 40 days.\r
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Another way to look at it is noting that if 5 machines produce 12 gallons in 10 days, then each machine produces .24 gallons per day. See, if 5 machines produce 12 gallon in 10 days, then 5 machines produce 1.2 gallons per day.
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