Question 241957
The number of calculators produced in a certain company varies jointly as the number of workers and the time spend working. If 200 workers can produce 1000 calculators in 8 hours, how many calculators can 500 workers produce in 40 hours?
:
Find out how many man hrs to produce 1 calc:
:
{{{(200*8)/1000}}} = 1.6 man-hrs per calc
:
Find out how many can be produced by 500 working 40 hrs
{{{(500*40)/1.6}}} = 12,500 calculators