document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=100308>Question 100308</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> In Ajax Corporation, the first shift produced 4 1/2 times as many lightbulbs as the second shift. If the number of lightbulbs was 55,000 how many lightbulbs were produced on each shift?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Solve the unknown<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let # produced by 2nd shift be \"x\".<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Then # produced by 1st shift = 4.5 x<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "EQUATION:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x + 4.5x = 55000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5.5x = 55000<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x = 10,000 (# produced by 2nd shift)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "4.5x = 45000 (# produced by 1st shift)<BR>\n" );
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