Question

Assume there are 100 suppliers of widgets in the widget market. Half of these suppliers supply 35 widgets to the market each, a quarter of these suppliers supply 40 widgets to the market each, and a quarter of these suppliers supply 50 widgets to the market each. What is the market supply for widgets?
a. 100
b. 125
c. 400
d. 4,000
e. 1, 750

Answer 1

Answer:

Total widgets supplied in the market will be 4000

So option (d) will be correct answer

Explanation:

We have given total number of suppliers = 100

It is given that half of the suppliers supply 35 widgets

So 50 supplier supply 35 widgets each

So total number widgets supplied by 50 supplier = 50×35 = 1750

A quarter, that is 25 supplier supply 40 widgets

So widgets supplied by 25 supplier = 25×40 = 1000

And other quarter, that is 25 supplier supply 50 widgets each

So widgets supplied by 25 supplier = 25×50 = 1250

So total widgets supplied in the market will be = 1750+1000+1250 = 4000

So option (d) will be correct answer