If 15 men manufacture 27 per hour, how many can...?

[just4me]

1: If 15 men working independently can manufacture 27 baskets in an hour, how many can 45 men make in 40 minutes.

2: A company makes a profit of 6% on the first $1,000 of sales each day and 5% on all sales in excess of $1,000 for that day. how many dollars in profit will the company make in a day when sales are $6,000

 

[stapel]

1: If 15 men working independently can manufacture 27 baskets in an hour, how many can 45 men make in 40 minutes.

How many man-hours are there, if fifteen men each worked one hour? (Hint: Use the definition of "man-hour".)

If twenty-seven baskets can be completed with that many man-hours, how baskets are made per man-hour? (Hint: Divide and simplify. Leave the answer in fractional form.)

What fraction of an hour is represented by forty minutes? (Hint: Divide.)

Hw many man-hours are there, if forty-five men work for that fraction of an hour? (Hint: Multiply.)

Given the rate (computed above) of baskets produced per man-hour, and the number of man-hours just calculated, how many baskets can be made? (Hint: Multiply.)

2: A company makes a profit of 6% on the first $1,000 of sales each day and 5% on all sales in excess of $1,000 for that day. how many dollars in profit will the company make in a day when sales are $6,000

How much is made on the first thousand dollars? (Hint: Multiply.)

How much remains, after the first thousand dollars? (Hint: Subtract.)

How much is made on this remainder? (Hint: Multiply.)

What is the total amount made? (Hint: Add.)

If you get stuck, kindly reply showing all of your work and reasoning so far. Thank you!

Eliz.

 

[just4me]

15 men working independently I would say would say there is only one man hour. In this case 40 min and 45 men working. I would say 53 baskets thats dividing. 45 men into 40 mins. breaking them down into seconds.


6% of $1,000 = 60 the overage is $5,000 at a rate of 5% which is $250.00

 

[stapel]

15 men working independently I would say would say there is only one man hour.

As suggested earlier, review the definition of "man-hour". :shock:

Eliz.