Conan O'Brien hosts the Conan show and Andy Richter, his sidekick, writes for it. Conan needs 4 hours to rehearse and host a goo
d show. It takes Andy 10 hours to do the same. Conan writes one usable joke in an hour, but Andy needs 2 hours to do the same. From these numbers, we infer that Conan has an absolute advantage in the production of: A.
neither show hosting nor joke writing.
1. Conan needs 4 hours to rehearse and host a good show. Andy needs 10 hours to do the same. So, Cohan needs 6 hours less than Andy to rehearse and host a good show. This means Cohan has an absolute advantage in the production of show hosting.
2. Conan writes one usable joke in an hour, Andy needs 2 hours to do the same. So, Cohan has an absolute advantage in the production of joke writing.
Thus, Cohan has an absolute advantage in the production of both show hosting and joke writing.
I assume you mean 5/8 of a pound not 58 pounds. In that case convert your total number of pounds into eights to make it easier to calculate. 5 pounds is equal to 40/8 pounds of cheese. Now divide this by 5/8. That equals 8. SO you can make 8 batches.
