SOLUTION: Two machines are turned on at 8 AM. If one can produce 41 items each hour and the other can produce 50 items each hour, at that time will they produce a total of 182 items?

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Question 41849: Two machines are turned on at 8 AM. If one can produce 41 items each hour and the other can produce 50 items each hour, at that time will they produce a total of 182 items?
Found 2 solutions by checkley71, jorel1380:
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
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41*50/(41+50)=2050/91 OR 22.53 ITEMS PER HOUR BY BOTH MACHINES.
THEREFORE TO GET 182 ITEMS IT WILL REQUIRE 182/22.53 HOURS OR 8.08 HOURS

Answer by jorel1380(3719) About Me  (Show Source):
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The answer isn't this complicated. If one machine can produce 41 items per hour while the another can produce 50 items an hour, then together they can produce 41 + 50 items per hour---or 91 items per hour. Therefore, to produce 182 items the machines would need to run 182/91 hours or 2 hours.