Answer:
The man who picked the maximum quantity got 450 strawberries.
Explanation:
As the speed of the men goes on the ratio 1,2,3,4,5 and the manager decides to set the ratio 5,4,3,2,1 to balance the difference we can say that:
Speed
Man 1 = 1 x
Man 2 = 2 x
Man 3 = 3 x
Man 4 = 4 x
Man 5 = 5 x
where x represents the number of strawberries that they can collect at their specific speed
Then if the hours' ratio works on the inverse stating that the first man works 5 hours we can say that:
Man 1 = 5 hours
Man2 = 4 hours
Man3 = 3 hours
Man4 = 2 hours
Man 1 = 1 hour
taking these as a base the results after a working day for each man would be:
Man 1 = 5 hours (1x) = 5x
Man 2 = 4 hours (2x) = 8x
Man 3 = 3 hours (3x) = 9x
Man 4 = 2 hours (4x) = 8 x
Man 5 = 1 hour (5x) = 5 x
As presented in the problem two-man collected 250 each and two others collected more than these two and another one collected the maximum amount.
Then, Men 1 and 5 have collected the same quantity that is 250
250 = 5 x
x = 50 strawberries
The next pair would be men 2 and 4 who have collected 8 x each
8 x 50 = 400 strawberries
The last man is number 3 who has collected 9x
9 x 50 = 450 strawberries.
