Question

Company A can produce 100 CPUs in 3 days while Company B can produce 150 CPUs in 4 days. If the two companies join forces, how many days would it take them to produce 1000 CPUs?

Answer 1

Answer: They would need 15 days

Step-by-step explanation:

The data is:

Company A produce 100 CPUs in 3 days, so the rate per day is:

Ra = 100/3 CPUs per day: 33.33 CPUs per day.

Company B produce 150 CPUs in 4 days, then it produces:

Rb = 150/4 = 37.5 CPUs per day.

Then, if both companies work toggeter, they produce

Ra + Rb = 33.33 + 37.5 CPUs per day =  70.83 CPUs per day.

We want to know the number X of days needed to make 1000 CPUs, then we need to solve:

70.83*X = 1000

X = 1000/70.83 = 14.11 days, we could round it up to 15 days if we want to have a whole number.

Answer 2

I'm guessing it's about 16 days.

Hope this helped!