SOLUTION: Using new equipment, a worker finished 4 more parts in an hour than was planned and fulfilled his daily task not in 8 hours, but in 6 hours. How many parts did the worker have to f

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Question 1107638: Using new equipment, a worker finished 4 more parts in an hour than was planned and fulfilled his daily task not in 8 hours, but in 6 hours. How many parts did the worker have to finish during the day according to the schedule?
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39631) About Me  (Show Source):
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Units of parts and hours

R=P%2FT 
              RATE        TIME HOURS   PARTS

OLD EQUIP       r          8            p

NEW EQUIP       r+4        6            p


highlight_green%288r=6%28r%2B4%29%29
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8r=6r%2B24
2r=24
highlight%28r=12%29
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Find p, the number of parts in a shift.
r%2A8=p
p=12%2A8
highlight%28p=96%29

Answer by ikleyn(52928) About Me  (Show Source):
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Using new equipment, a worker finished 4 more parts in an hour than was planned and fulfilled his daily task not in 8 hours,
but in 6 hours. How many parts did the worker have to finish during the day according to the schedule?
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Let the old rate is "r" parts per hour (now unknown value).


The condition says: Now he produces 4 more parts in one hour than before in 6 hours:

                    In other words, the new rate R = 6r+4  parts per hour.


Working at this rate, he will produce 8*R = 8*(6r+4) = 48r + 32 parts in  8-hour working day.


That is all that we can say: nothing more and nothing less.


At given condition IT IS NOT POSSIBLE to get a concrete value as a single answer.

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So, I'd say: this description is as clear as it is at the dark night with no light.