SOLUTION: In a factory, 120 people working for 8 hours a day can assemble 160 computers. If 20 more workers are employed and all the workers work an extra hour, how many more computers can b

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Question 785440: In a factory, 120 people working for 8 hours a day can assemble 160 computers. If 20 more workers are employed and all the workers work an extra hour, how many more computers can be assembled in a day?
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In a factory, 120 people working for 8 hours a day can assemble 160 computers.
Find the no. of man-hrs per computer:
%28120%2A8%29%2F160 = 6 man-hrs per compute
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If 20 more workers are employed and all the workers work an extra hour,
how many more computers can be assembled in a day?
%28140%2A9%29%2F6 = 210 computers