SOLUTION: 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 s

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Question 100308: 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?
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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?
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Let # produced by 2nd shift be "x".
Then # produced by 1st shift = 4.5 x
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EQUATION:
x + 4.5x = 55000
5.5x = 55000
x = 10,000 (# produced by 2nd shift)
4.5x = 45000 (# produced by 1st shift)
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Stan H.