Answer: 1) 9 days
2) a)37.5%
b)50%
c) 33.33%
Step-by-step explanation:
1) - Let's call:
x: number of days the company supposed to finish the order.
- You know that the company had to produce 40 items daily, but it produced 20 items more daily and finished the order 3 days ahead of time. Therefore, you can express this as following:
- Solve for :
(The answer is 9 days)
2) a) The percent that belongs to three people if eight eight people share equally in an inheritance, can be calculated as following:
%
b) The percent that belongs to three people if six people share equally in an inheritance (because two of the people are disinherited) can be calculated as following:
%
c) - The increase goes from 1/8 to 1/6, therefore, you must subtract them:
- Divide the result by 1/8 and multiply by 100 to obtain the percent:
%